MINORITY PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

申请人提供了令人信服的理由， 论文题目。 她打算调查 老年人地位的现代化-他们在 家庭及其健康-在斐济。 讨论了研究目的和 这项研究的基本原理表明，人们敏锐地意识到， 一个国家的经济显然会有意想不到的结果， 加剧了家庭成员之间的利益冲突。 申请人 详细说明为什么这些变化可能会特别严重依赖于 老人 拟议研究的结果可能具有重大意义。 不仅对斐济，而且对大多数发展中的第三世界国家， 世界 她分析的数据将来自1966年和1986年的人口普查。 斐济和1983年世卫组织关于斐济老年人的研究。 这两个来源将 为申请人提供测试其假设所需的措施。 此外，她对自己研究设计的讨论充分表明， 她认识到这些措施的优点和局限性， 将她的研究带到其研究领域所需的多种统计程序 建成

The applicant has provided a compelling rationale for her proposed dissertation topic. She intends to investigate the impact of modernization on the status of the elderly--their position within the family and their health--in Fiji. The discussion of the research aims and the rationale for the research suggest a keen awareness that changes in the economy of a country can clearly have unanticipated outcomes such as exacerbating conflicts of interest among family members. The applicant details why these changes may fall particularly heavy upon dependent elderly. The findings of the proposed research could have major implications, not just for Fiji, but for much of the developing Third World. Data for her analysis will come from the 1966 and 1986 Census of Fiji and a 1983 WHO Study of Elderly in Fiji. These two sources will provide the applicant with the measures she needs to test her hypotheses. Moreover, her discussion of her research design gives every indication what she recognized the strengths and limitations of these measures and the multiple statistical procedures necessary to bring her research to its completion.