Alexander John Murchison fonds
- MS-13-30
- Fonds
- 1969-1975
Fonds consists Alexander Murchison's papers and reports related to child welfare.
Murchison, Alexander John
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Archival Description- Subseries
- 1960 - 1972
Subseries includes data for and analyses of socioeconomic aspects of Yoruba women's lives (education, migration, social class, health, children, husbands, religion, family, etc.). The 1963 data seems to be part of another study, referred to in several files as "The 1963 study on the role of Yoruba women," that either piggybacked off the Cornell-Aro study or was somehow included as a sub-project.
Definition of typology for Yoruba-Stirling comparisons
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 20
- File
- [1967?]
File contains notes on case classification definitions and criteria and computer dataset printouts of case typology statistics for Yoruba villages and Stirling County.
Education and psychiatric disorders
- Subseries
- 1960 - 1972
Subseries consists of various statistical analyses done of data from the Yoruba studies, particularly in relation to education and male respondents. Memos, reports, publications, dataset printouts, and analysis manuals present.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons
- Subseries
- 1966
Subseries consists of datasets, research notes, and statistical analyses comparing psychiatric data from the Cornell-Aro Nigerian study to that from Stirling County and the Inuit communities of St. Lawrence Island in Alaska.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (east west centre analysis)
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 12
- File
File contains charts and datasets of age and sex characteristics for cross-cultural comparisons.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (under 30 HOS analysis)
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 14
- File
File contains computer printouts and note on statistical analysis of data from the Nigerian, Stirling County, and Alaskan studies.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling comparisons (under 30 notes)
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 13
- File
File contains notes on demographic, psychiatric, and social data for study respondents under 30.
Eskimo, Yoruba, and Stirling notes and tests of significance
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 19
- File
File contains data tables and research notes on statistical analysis findings from respondent psychiatric data.
Extra copies of crucial tables (C - A analysis)
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 3
- File
- [196-]
File contains notes on and tables of psychiatric rating and impairment statistics. There is much comparison between Yoruba villages, Abeokuta, and Stirling County and analysis of respective physical and mental health symptoms and patterns.
Length of residence in integrated and disintegrated communities
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 17
- File
File contains computer printout datasets, research notes, and statistical charts comparing information for male and female respondents in integrated and disintegrated communities.
Notes and manuscripts related child guidance clinics review
- MS-13-30, SF Box 66, Folder 2
- File
- 1972-1975
Part of Alexander John Murchison fonds
File contains notes and manuscripts written by Alexander Murchison and Norris Turner between 1972–1975 reviewing child guidance clinics and group homes in Nova Scotia. File also contains the June 1973 issue of the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers Newsletter, with articles by Norris Turner , Patricia Hardy, Ernie Rafuse, F.M. Fraser, Martin M. Dolan, Linda Isitt, and Barrie R. MacFarlane.
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 15
- File
File contains notes on the prevalence of psychoneurotic depression across various cultures and regions of study.
Notes on Stirling and Nigerian findings
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 11
- File
- [196-]
File contains tables, graphs, and charts comparing Nigerian and Stirling County data. Also contains notes and thoughts on analytics and data significance.
T tests for differences between Nigerian 1961 sample and Stirling 1952 sample
- MS-13-86, Box 11, Folder 11
- File
- 1962
File consists of pages of calculations determining the differences between male and female respondents and between the Nigerian and Stirling County data samples.
Typology analysis for Yoruba-Stirling comparisons
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 19
- File
File contains notes on RIDIT values and typology analysis for comparing Yoruba and Stirling data. Also contains computer printout datasets and statistical charts.
Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (RIDIT calculations)
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 8
- File
- [196-]
File contains charts comparing datasets and statistics from Yoruba villages and Stirling County. Also includes note on the 1961 to 1963 Nova Scotia re-survey sample and a memo regarding RIDITs for 1952 to 1962.
Yoruba-Stirling comparisons (sex, integration, and age)
- MS-13-86, Box 14, Folder 6
- File
- [1966?]
File contains charts, datasets, and notes comparing age and sex statistics from Yoruba villages and Stirling County.
Yoruba-Stirling data comparisons
- Subseries
- 1958 - 1969
Subseries contains datasets, computer printouts, notes, and analysis guidelines comparing psychiatric and social statistics from the Nigerian and Stirling County studies.
Yoruba-Stirling diagnostic analysis
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 10
- File
File contains computer dataset printouts of Yoruba and Stirling data. Also contains notes on data analysis and category criteria.
- MS-13-86, Box 15, Folder 9
- File
- [1965?]
File contains charts and datasets tracking demographic, social, and psychiatric statistics from Yoruba and Stirling Country respondents. Also contains notes on and memos regarding HOS coding for studying the role of women. Includes analysis cards for Stirling and Yoruba social and psychiatric data and master lists for sample coordination.