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3 factors, SES, Ur'ization, & the presence of a matriarchal subculture among blacks, are frequently used to explain the higher rate of marital disruption among Amer blacks. This paper reviews & reports questionnaire data which indicate that there are no signif diff's in matrifocal att's between blacks & whites. Census data indicate that the interaction between SES & Ur'ity may account for the diff in Negro & white F headed fam's. It is suggested that this interaction may be explained by diff's in opportunities to migrate from Ur centers back to Ru areas. Negro migrants are less likely to retreat from the vulnerable conditions of Ur poverty while white migrants, maintaining their commitment to southern Ru areas, both have & use the alternative of "going home" when faced with soc & econ difficulties in the city. AA.

The results are reported of an exploratory study of 7 Lc unemployed Negro men. The study involved intervention in their lives by suggestions that they find a job, offers of a relatively large monetary reward if they were successful, & by remaining with them for several 8 or more hour days as they sought work. It was thought that this res strategy would provide information on the process of job hunting by the Lc & would also identify 'latent structures' that either facilitate or impede the job hunting process. It was observed that job-seeking by the M may be inhibited by his faro's vested interest in maintaining gov aid. Barriers in soc change can also be found in secondary meanings of the change goal. Costs derived from the latent meaning of the change goal are similar to those deriving from latent meaning of the means to that goal. An individual may reject an instrument of change because this involves additional costs derived from its meaning to him. The job hunter also seeks to reduce risks to his image of self as he searches for a job. The sentiments that are expressed during the process of change point to tensions among an individual's perception of the soc system, his interests, & his attempts to change his position. Various examples are given to illustrate these points. A side result of the experiment was the sensitizing of the res'er to the frustrations of job hunting & to the R's affective responses to failure. It was found that R's coped with failure by not becoming emotionally involved in jobsearching. A final barrier to soc change was the negative feed-back on the actors from aspects of the soc system which were disturbed by successful change (eg, disruption of the unemployed man's leisure activities & patterns of friendships). It is concluded that purposeful intervention on a small scale, while lacking a context to prove res hyp's, reveals some of the structures & functions involved, thereby facilitating later & more macroscopic change. All of this has some implications re the relationship between pure & applied soc sci. M. Maxfield.