Social sciences

Analysis of sociocultural variables in traditional - modern, integrated - disintegrated villages

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 16
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of several charts of statistics and calculations related to demographic and sociocultural data from study villages.

Affiliated studies using the 1961 and 1963 study data

Subseries
1960 - 1973

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists of affiliated studies by other authors that used the data from the 1961 Cornell-Aro and 1963 role of women studies. Contains some articles written by staff members of the 1961 and 1963 studies.

Social and cultural aspects of fertility among the Yoruba women of Nigeria / by Grafton Trout

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 6
File
1964 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a research proposal, progress report/speech, and several drafts of Trout's study on Yoruba fertility. File also includes a memo regarding Trout's summary of reliability for the 1961 Cornell-Aro study and several copies of the summary.

Grafton Trout's code for modernization among modern rural Yorubas

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 8
File
[1964?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a list of data codes and tabulation variables.

Analysis of cultural change / by Fred Ilfield

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 5
File
1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains printouts of computer code, and graphs and datasets analyzing socioeconomic acculturation of Yoruba women. File also includes three copies of Ilfield's study "Acculturation levels and mental health of 120 educated Yoruba women."

Yoruba women and social change / Beverly A. Crutchfield

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 10
File
1973

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a copy of Crutchfield's study and preliminary notes on socioeconomic variables.

Superstitions and health in Nigeria / by Rhoda Omosunlola Johnston

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 1
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a script or text for an introductory lecture by Rhoda Omosunlola Johnston on the subject of Nigerian superstitions and physical health.

Uses of psychophysiological measures in cross-cultural psychiatric surveys / by Warren B. Miller

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 4
File
1962 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a draft of Warren Miller's study and several pages of related research notes. Also contains a memo regarding comments and proposed edits to the draft, and a letter to Miller from Laurel Hodgden regarding the study "Psychiatric disorder among the Yoruba."

Grafton Trout's preliminary analysis of fertility among Yoruba women

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 7
File
1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains data coding information, a research proposal for Trout's study, and a compilation of socioeconomic data relating to rural Yoruba women from the 1961 Cornell-Aro study.

Grafton Trout's guide for social and fertility variables

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 9
File
[1964?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains coding information for a list of social and fertility study variables.

Robert Collis Jr.'s thesis materials

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 6
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of maps, graphs, and charts taken from Collis Jr.'s thesis outlining physical and mental health correlations.

Some aspects of technological change in relation to socio-cultural organization and personality patterning / by Albert Erha Imohiosen

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 8
File
[196-]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a research proposal for the project along with filled social data questionnaires and semantic differentials questionnaires. Also contains 8 photographs of Nigerian individuals.

Common medical diseases in Yoruba villages / by Sylvia von Severus

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 7
File
1960

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a report by von Severus on the physical health conditions prevalent in Yoruba village to determine their eligibility in the 1961 Cornell-Aro study.

A study of resistance to psychiatric epidemiological interviewing among the Yoruba / by Zebulon C. Taintor

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 5
File
1962 - 1963

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains documents relating to Taintor's study and two drafts of the full study text. Includes mental and physical health surveys and datasets, interview fieldnotes, and statistics and calculations. Also contains a letter from Laurel Hodgden regarding the usability of the data.

Requests for reports on 1963 study on the role of Yoruba women

Subseries
1961 - 1967

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists of revised analysis and evaluation materials for the 1961 and 1963 studies. Also includes correspondence on the projects and field notes with great detail on respondents' interviews and evaluations.

Domestic household composition among the rural Egba Yoruba / by Charles C. Hughes, David B. Macklin, Jane M. Murphy

MS-13-86, Box 12, Folder 10
File
1962

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains a copy of the study by Hughes, Macklin, and Murphy. Also contains compiled responses to the social data questionnaire.

1965 - 1966 re-abstracting Yoruba manual

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 13
File
1966

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a re-abstracting manual for the Yoruba study data to update the research goal to compare urban and rural mental health and limit bias in analysis. File also includes respondents' answers to health surveys and a memo regarding evaluation of Yoruba abstracts.

1967 meeting on Yoruba study

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 12
File
1967

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains materials from a meeting on the Yoruba studies, including charts and datasets demonstrating psychiatrist's agreement analysis and findings and ABCD analysis.

Jane Murphy's respondent interview fieldnotes

MS-13-86, Box 9, Folder 14
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a disassembled binder of Jane Murphy's interview fieldnotes from the 1961 Cornell-Aro study. Fieldnotes record respondents' answers to questions and provide further details on context. Respondents' joint psychiatric/health evaluation forms are tucked beside their corresponding fieldnotes.

Data coding

Subseries
1960 - 1969

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries contains notes on data processing, data coding guidelines, and classification procedures.

Alexander Leighton's 1968 re-evaluations (n=25) and 54 PJ analysis card and codebook

MS-13-86, Box 17, Folder 6
File
[1968?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on re-evaluation of data from the 1961 and 1963 Nigerian studies, Also includes computer dataset printouts.

Cards 10, 11, 12, 13 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 17, Folder 7
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 19 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 17, Folder 10
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Coding categories for fieldnotes

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 1
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of a list of coding categories for data in the 1961 Cornell-Aro study.

Notes on coding

MS-13-86, Box 10, Folder 2
File
1961

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on data processing and coding, medical findings, and psychiatric social data. Also includes correspondence between Dorothea Leighton and Alice Longaker regarding coding process and classification procedures.

Card 20 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 1
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 21 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 2
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Cards 15, 16 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 17, Folder 8
File
[1966?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Cards 17, 18 HOS printouts

MS-13-86, Box 17, Folder 9
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 22 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 3
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 24 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 5
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 28 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 8
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 29 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 9
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 31 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 11
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 23 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 4
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 30 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 10
File
[1966?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 50 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 12
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 51 PJ acculturation code - 120 urban women

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 13
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 52 PJ mental health data - 70 women

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 14
File
[1967?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 26, 27 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 7
File
[1966?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Card 25 printouts

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 6
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File consists of computer dataset printouts.

Notes on medical coding

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 17
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on principles of data coding for medical information.

Divorce question responses and tentative code

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 18
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains compilations of respondents' answers to divorce-related survey questions.

Yoruba meeting notes

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 23
File
1967

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes on meetings with Yoruba respondents.

T tests, correlations, ABCD RIDITS

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 19
File

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains notes and calculations on t-test results and data RIDIT values.

Memos regarding psychiatric data coding

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 16
File
1963 - 1964

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains memos regarding the psychiatric data questionnaire and methods for coding resulting data.

Statistical tests and RIDIT tables

Subseries
1961 - 1965

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

Subseries consists mainly of datasets and calculations for socioeconomic value from the 1961 Cornell-Aro Nigerian data samples.

Coding problems regarding cards 26, 27

MS-13-86, Box 18, Folder 15
File
[1965?]

Part of Alexander Leighton and Jane Murphy fonds

File contains computer dataset printouts. Also includes correspondence regarding corrections to be made on data cards 26 and 27 for the study on the role of women.

Background impairment and caseness, Yoruba 4, see 320