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Denowitz, Ronald M. – Social Forces, 1980
Presents data regarding income and educational level of Blacks who moved into previously White residential areas in New York City. Finds different patterns of racial succession in tracts near areas of Black concentration, areas distant from Black ghettos, and White residential sections with many recently constructed rental units. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Blacks, Dropouts, Racial Composition, Racial Distribution
Willadsen, Thomas C. – 1987
This report analyzes the distribution of immigrants in Neighborhood Development Areas (NDAs) and other Community Districts of New York, New York based on the 1980 U.S. Census. A Community District is designated as an NDA by the Community Development Agency (CDA) if more than 20,000 of its residents are recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Development, Ethnic Groups, Immigrants
Kantrowitz, Nathan – 1973
This book originated with a concern for a crucial issue in planning; namely, what is the possibility of creating social policies to modify existing patterns of segregation in order to achieve social justice (however defined) in such institutions as housing or schools. Consequently, although this is an academic, ecological analysis of residential…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Community Surveys, Ethnic Groups
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Frey, William H. – American Sociological Review, 1984
Adopting the demographer's cohort-component projection model, this study examines migration patterns for six cities. The results show that White and Black lifecourse migration patterns have become more alike in the post-1970 period; yet, significant racial disparities still exist. Thus, recent migration patterns do not imply eventual metropolitan…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Cohort Analysis, Family Mobility, Inner City
Casalena, Josephine – 1975
This document, the first volume of the Congress of Italian-American Organizations Handbook, includes in addition to the normal perspective a handbook takes of the organization that it portrays, summaries of many of the statistics that have made CIAO's convictions possible and strong during the 1974 fiscal year. It begins with a review of…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Economically Disadvantaged, Enrollment, Ethnic Groups
Sung, Betty Lee – 1987
This book examines the role of three major social institutions--community, school, and family--in helping Chinese immigrant children cope with and adapt to a new life in New York City. The following aspects of Chinese life are explored: (1) immigration networking; (2) determinants of immigrant types; (3) the community; (4) the school--enrollment…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Children, Chinese Americans
Rogers, David – 1968
Examined is the educational bureaucracy in New York City and its relation to other city institutions, civic groups, and teachers and administrators. The book contains chapters on the failure of desegregation, demographic and housing patterns, the neighborhood school movement, civil rights organizations, white liberals, and the moderates. Also…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Bureaucracy, City Government
Usdan, Michael D. – 1968
This document is an abridged version of a longer study of the New York City school system which has been published under the title "110 Livingston Street" (see UD 007 624). Discussed here are New York City's struggle over school desegregation, the Board of Education and its top decision makers, and the demographic and housing patterns in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Bureaucracy, City Government
Jaffe, A. J.; Carleton, Zaida Carreras – 1974
This report separates Puerto Ricans into four major subgroups: those who were born on the mainland and live either in New York City, or elsewhere in the United States, and those who were born in Puerto Rico and live either in New York City, or elsewhere in the United States. The report places considerable emphasis on those born on the mainland. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Rate, Demography, Economic Factors