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Drawings of a man and a woman were obtained from 125 Yoruba school children from middle and low income schools. Comparisons based on over-all shape and proportion of figures, inclusion of and position of body parts, and inclusion of clothes and fine details were made between subjects of middle and low income. Middle-income children drew more realistic figures than low-income children based on all the measured criteria. Findings were related to differences in socialization. Implications for education were also discussed.

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Draw-A-Person was used to examine ethnic identity in 129 Nigerian (Yoruba) school children. That the children expressed low ethnic identity was based on their general avoidance of dark colors when coloring the skin. These findings were compared to those obtained from studies conducted on black children in the USA with the conclusion that the racial context of the study may affect interpretations of data.

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Draw-A-Person was used to measure ethnic identify in 134 Nigerian (Yoruba) school children. The instructions “draw yourself” were used in preference to the usual instructions to draw a person. A higher ethnic identity based on color was expressed in this study than in a previous Nigerian study with different instructions. Interpretations were based on possible effects of instructions on subjects. The implications for the use of Draw-A-Person to measure ethnic identity were discussed with reference to different racial contexts.