Bridging Alone: Religious Conservatism, Marital Homogamy, and Voluntary Association Membership

This study characterizes social insularity of religiously conservative American married couples by examining patterns of voluntary associationmembership. Constructing a dataset of 3938 marital dyads from the second wave of the National Survey of Families and Households, the author investigates whether conservative religious homogamy encourages membership in religious voluntary groups and discourages membership in secular voluntary groups. Results indicate that couples’ shared affiliation with conservative denominations, paired with beliefs in biblical authority and inerrancy, increases the likelihood of religious group membership for husbands and wives and reduces the likelihood of secular group membership for wives, but not for husbands. The social insularity of conservative religious groups appears to be reinforced by homogamy—particularly by wives who share faith with husbands

Viewer Evaluation of Vocational Agriculture Television

This study dealt with the problem of determining the characteristics of vocational agriculture television which would be in accord with viewer preferences to the extent that present viewers would be retained and, in addition, new patrons would be secured. The major purposes of this study were to ascertain: (1) the relative value of television as a source of agricultural information, (2) viewer preferences as it might affect future program presentation, (3) the extent to which vocational agriculture television should be employed in the future, and (4) the preferred time of day for the presentation of vocational agriculture television. Advisor: Arthur B. War