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INTRODUCTION
TABLE I
Percentage Frequency of Conversations Devoted to Each Topic Classified
by Sex and Type of Concert
MEN TO MEN WOMEN TO MIXED OBODPS
WOMEN
Grand
Total
Symphony
Symphony
Sjmphony
Concert
Concert
Concert
Course
Course
Course
Artist
Artist
Artist
Total
Total
Total
NO OF CONVERSA-
TIONS 64 103 167 78 147 225 72 137 209 601
Topics of Conver-
sation :
1. Artists 23 25 24 21 12 15 27 23 24 21
2. Women 10 13 12 2G 32 30 4 10 8 18
3. Men 14 14 14 18 17 17 18 12 14 16
4 Other
amuse-
ments 13 8 10 10 7 8 13 17 15 11
5. Money and
business 20 18 19 2 1 o 4 8 7 8
6 Immediate
surround-
ings 2 4 3 8 8 8 14 10 12 8
7. Clothes 0 2 1 8 10 9 3 2 2 5
8 Weather 6 3 4 1 1 1 8 3 5 3
9. Groups of
people 0 2 1 4 5 4 1 5 4 3
10. Travel 3 1 2 2 5 4 4 6 5 3
11. Sports 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
12 Health 3 2 2 0 1 1 4 2 2 2
13 Current
events 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
TABLE II
Critical Ratios for the Differences Between the Percentages of Conversa-
tions Vy Men, Women, and Mixed Groups
MEN TO MEN VSOMKN TO
Vb WOMEN TO MEN 1 0 MEN WOMFN VS
WOMEN \ S MIXED MIXED
Topics of Conversation
1. Artists 2 47 .1 2 50
2 Women 4 57 133 6.34
3 Men 78 0.00 142
4 Other amusements .41 1.77 2 45
5 Money and business 3.51 2.52
6. Immediate surroundings 22 34 128
7. Clothes 3.7 89 2.97
8. Weather 1.98 .365 2 47
9 Groups of people 20 1 73 .33
10. Travel 131 194 .7
11. SportB 2 63