Lower Class Negro Mothers' Aspirations for their Children

The data given in this paper support the hypothesis that it is possible to distinguish different subgroups along the Negro lower class continuum. Given the importance of the Negro mother in the lower class Negro family, her values and aspirations for her children are very influential for her children's future. Significant differences were found in the responses of “low status” and “high status” lower class mothers to questions concerning their aspirations for their children.