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The attitudes of white and black fifth-grade low and middle class children toward selected individual rights in the United States

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the attitudes of fifth-grade students toward selected rights of individuals in the United States, using socio-economic status, sex, intelligence, and race as the classifying variables. The population included 245 fifth-grade black and white students from lower socio-economic and middle socio-economic backgrounds. The rights of individuals studied were: (1) the right to criticize the United States government, (2) the right to choose any religion, (3) the right for the poor to have government help, (4) the rights of blacks, (5) the rights of whites, and (6) the rights of women.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/181522
Date January 1973
CreatorsTurner, Geraldine Alice
ContributorsSchreiber, Joan E.
Source SetsBall State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
Formatvii, 169 leaves ; 28 cm.
SourceVirtual Press

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