Advances in Sociology Research. Volume 15

This continuing series presents original leading edge research results in the field of sociology. Each chapter has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial advances across a broad spectrum. Included in this compilation are topics such as the translation of homelessness into healthcare risk for youth; Medicaid capitation of the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly using grade-of-membership methods; the experience in trans-cultural work in pediatric hematology and oncology; classroom processes of gender socialization in Chinese kindergartens; student-teachers'' changing perceptions of gender advantages and disadvantages in the New Zealand primary school environment; the early experience of tactile stimulation and its behavioral consequences related to socialization in mammals; public housing strategies; and employment and economic reform.