The Facts of Social Life (Updated)
Abstract
The Facts of Social Life (Updated) SAGE Publications, Inc.1965DOI: 10.1177/000276426500900208 First-born children have a decided edge in the pursuit of eminence and wealth, and the youngest child has an advantage over those in the middle. At a University of California campus, for example, out of 1,800 representatives of two-children families, 63 percent were the first born. (Altus, University of California, Santa Barbara) 0 The average age for a member of the 89th Congress is 51.9 years; the average for the 88th Congress was 52.7 years. The average age of Senate committee chairmen is 66; of House committee chairmen, 65. 0 Even though private debt has increased sixfold since the end of World War II, its current ratio to the GNP is below comparable ratios in 1912, 1922, and 1929. (Balderston, Federal Reserve System) 0 In the period from January, 1958, to June, 1960, the 14,000 banks insured against fraud and embezzlement registered 1,771 claims. During the period from September, 1959, through September, 1962, the 60,000 labor unions similarly insured registered only 74 claims. (Personnel Admin., March-April, 1965) 0 Arkansas spends the most of any state ($2.22 per capita) on vocational rehabilitation programs. West Virginia has the highest number