The American Sociological Association 1983 . FORMER PRESIDENTS OF THE ASSOCIATION Lester F. Ward E. Franklin Frazier William G. Sumner Talcott Parsons Franklin H. Giddings Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr. Albion W. Small Robert C. Angell { PROG Edward A. Ross Dorothy Swaine Thomas George E. Vincent Samuel A. Stouffer Seventy-Eighth Annual Meeting George E. Howard Florian Znaniecki Charles H~ Cooley Donald Young Frank W. Blackmar Herbert Blumer James Q. Dealey Robert K. Merton j Edward C. Hayes Robin M. Williams, Jr. l James P. Lichtenberger Kingsley Davis Ulysses G. Weatherly Howard Becker Charles A. Ellwood Robert E.L. Faris Robert E. Park Paul F. Lazarsfeld John L. Gillin Everett C. Hughes William I. Thomas George C. Romans John M. Gillette Pitirim A. Sorokin William F. Ogburn Wilbert E. Moore Howard W. Odum Charles P. Loomis Emory S. Borgardus Philip M. Hauser Luther L. Bernard Arnold M. Rose Edward B. Reuter Ralph H. Turner Ernest W. Burgess Reinhard Bendix F. Stuart Chapin William H. Sewell Henry P. Fairchild William J. Goode Ellsworth Faris Mirra Komarovsky Frank H. Hankins Peter M. Blau Edwin H. Sutherland Lewis M. Coser Robert M. Maciver Alfred McClung Lee Stuart A. Queen J. Milton Yinger Dwight Sanderson Amos H. Hawley George A. Lundberg Hubert M. Blalock, Jr. Rupert B. Vance Peter H. Rossi Kimball Young William Foote Whyte Carl C. Taylor Erving Goffman Louis Wirth American Sociological Association 1722 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 (202) 833-3410 ,._, (Printed in the U.S.A.) ., ·~·3 The Westin Hotel-Detroit Aug. 31 - Sept. 4, 1983 ' .. 3 2 ., ~· TABLE OF CONTENTS. ,f ~ ) ' ; ' y GENERAL INFORMATION ~~- Meeting Rooms .................................................................. 5 " Location of Activities ............................................................ 6 ASA Executive Office ........................ ·.· ·........ ·, , ...... ·: ..... .' ........... 6 Age and Gender: Gender Differentiation in a Life-Span Framework President Alice S. Rossi and the 1983 Program Committee have developed a PROGRAM NOTES ......• ·..... ·.: ................ , .. :: ................ ; .... : .. ,:, ... 9 Program for the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association that focuses on the theme "Age and Gender: Gender Differentiation in a Life-Span ACTIVITIES OF OTHER GROUPS .... , ................. : . ............ ·....... : .-.. , 15 Framework". The rationale for the selection of this theme is rooted in the assess­ COMMITTEE, COUNCIL & EDITORIAL BOARD MEETINGS ........................ 17 ment that good progress has been made in research and theory on development and cohort perspectives on Age in one direction and studies of Sex and Gender in REGULAR & SECTION SESSION ORGANIZERS ........ , .. , ....................... •.·20 another. The time is now ripe to stimulate concerted efforts at theory-building and testing when the two central variables of Age and Gender il.re viewed sim­ TOPIC INDEX .................................................................. 25 ultaneously, by tracing gender development and differentiation along the life line PROGRAM SUMMARY .......................................................... 29 and how this process differs historically and cross-culturally. ·· ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM Wednesday, August 31 .......................... , .............................. 41 Thursday, September 1 ......................................................... 72 Friday, September 2 ........ , ........ , .................................... ,; .. , 102 Saturday, September 3 ......................................................... 133 Sunday, September 4 ............. , .. , ............................•...... , ..... 157 DIRECTORY OF EXHIBITORS ................................................... 183 ~----,..-~"~ ASA ADMINISTRATION Council ................................................................. , ..... 4 Committees .................................................................. 177 Executive Office Staff ................... , ....................................... 19 Journal Editors . 180 Program Committee ... , ............................................ , ............ 8 Representatives ............................................................... , 179 Section Officers .......•...•.................... , , ..................... , . 181 INDEX OF PARTICIPANTS .... , .•............ , ..•.........•... , ...•.........•.•. 247 4 5 MEMBERS OF THE 1983 COUNCIL GENERAL INFORMATION Officers of the Association Allee S. Rossi, President, University of Massa­ Herbert L. Costner, Secretary, University of The Westin Hotel-Renaissance Center is serving as headquarters for the 1983 ASA Annual Meeting. chusetts, Amherst Washington All sessions and activities, including the Exhibits and Employment Service, will be located in this Everett K. Wilson, Vice President, University Theodore Caplow, Secretary-Elect, University hotel. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill of Virginia The facilities of the Westin Hotel offer a unique convention environment. All meetiilg facilities are James F. Short, Jr., President-Elect, Washing­ Joan Huber, Past Vice President, University of located on Levels 3, 4 and 5 and are easily reached by hotel escalators on the Promenade Level, and ton State University illinois, Urbana Levels I, 3, 4, and 5, as well as the hotel elevators. It is possible to go directly from guest rooms to Edgar F. Borgatta, Vice President-Elect, Uni­ William V. D'Antonio, Executive Officer meeting rooms via hotel elevators. Refer to the map included in each registration packet for exact versity of Washington locations and directions. W estin-Renaissance Center-Meeting Rooms Elected-at-Large Leve/3 Michael Aiken, University of Wisconsin, Hans 0. Mauksch, University of Missouri, Ontario Exhibit Hall Madison Columbia Essex Rodolfo Alvarez, University of California, Los Matilda White Riley, National Institute on Windsor Angeles Aging Kent Edna Bonaclch, University of California, River­ Theda Skocpol, University of Chicago side Jacqueline Wiseman, University of California, Level4 M. Elaine Burgess, University of North Caroli­ San Diego Renaissance Ballroom (Cabot, Columbus, Cartier) na, Greensboro Mayer N. Zald, University of Michigan Michelangelo Amitai Etzioni, George Washington University Harriet Zuckerman, Columbia University Monet Rosabeth M. Kanter, Yale University da Vinci Raphael Renoir Greco MEMBERS OF THE 1984 COUNCIL LevelS Officers of the Association Mackinac Ballroom (East and West) Duluth James F. Short, Jr., President, Washington Theodore Caplow, Secretary, University of Vir­ Nicolet State University ginia Brule Edgar F. Borgatta, Vice President, University Alice S. Rossi, Past President, University of Richard of Washington Massachusetts, Amherst Cadillac Kai T. Erikson, President-Elect, Yale Univer­ Everett K. Wilson, Past Vice President, Univer­ La Salle sity sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Marquette Morris Rosenberg, Vice President-Elect, Uni­ William V. D'Antonio, Executive Officer, Joliet versity of Maryland Elected-at-Large A Note on Schednilng Michael Aiken, University of Wisconsin, Hans 0. Mauksch, University of Missouri, In past years, in order to accommodate the large numbers of simultaneous sessions and committee Madison Columbia meetings while taking into consideration large audiences at sessions, meeting space was utilized in Rodolfo Alvarez, University of California, Los Roberta G. Simmons, University of Minnesota more than one hotel. This year, all activities have been scheduled into the headquarters hotel. This has Angeles Theda Skocpol, University of Chicago resulted in the use of every public meeting room in the hotel, including some rooms with small seating M. Elaine Burgess, University of North Caroli- Gaye Tuchman, CUNY-Graduate Center and capacities. Attempts were made to anticipate audience size when assigning sessions to rooms, but it is na, Greensboro Queens College possible that you may fmd yourself in an overcrowded situation. Since all space has been utilized for the Glen H. Elder, Jr., Cornell University Michael Useem, Boston University entire five days of the Annual Meeting, it will not be possible to move any sessions into a larger room. Amitai Etzioni, George Washington University Harriet Zuckerman, Columbia University Rosabeth M. Kanter, Yale University ~ 6 7 Location of Activities Employment Service-Ontario West The ASA Employment Service will again this year be under the very capable direction of Mr. and ASA Executive Office-Windsor Mrs. Bill Clement and will be open Tuesday, August 30, from 12:30-5:00 p.m. and Wednesday ASA InfOJ:mation--Ontario Foyer through Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00p.m. Child Care--Monet and da Vinci Facilities will be available for reviewing employment listings, exchanging messages, and in­ Didactic Seminar/Mini-Course Information-Ontario Foyer terviewing. If you have pre-registered for the Employment Service, report to the Ontario West Hall as Employment Service-Ontario West soon as possible to activate your flle. If you have not registered, you should do so as early as possible. Exhibi~litario East All persons using the Service must register for the Annual Meeting as well as for the use of the Luncheon Roundtable Information-..:ontario Foyer Employment Service. Once registered, you will be issued a pass pen¢tting your entrance to the Service Messages-Ontario Foyer any time it is open. No one will be admitted without a pass. Fees forthe use of the Employment Service Paper Sales-Ontario West ~: ASA 01ember applicants-$5; non-ASA member applicants-$20;