NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Thomas, Emma Wormley – Crisis, 1979
This article reviews the housing situation in Washington, D.C., from 1954 to the present. Statistics show the intensity of White flight from the inner city to the suburbs from 1960 to 1970. The effects of the subsequent return of Whites to the inner city, a reverse trend beginning in 1975, are discussed. (MC)
Descriptors: Black Housing, Blacks, Housing Discrimination, Migration Patterns
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ostrovsky, Yuri – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2004
This paper outlines a debate in the economics literature about the role of housing wealth in post-retirement consumption choices and provides a description of the patterns of the residential mobility, tenure, and dwelling-type transitions of older Canadians, using the newly available Statistics Canada Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Housing, Older Adults, Surveys
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Florinskaia, Iu. F.; Roshchina, T.G. – Russian Education and Society, 2006
This article presents a survey that was carried out in 2004 to assess the level of migration mobility on the part of young inhabitants in the small cities of Russia. The survey was participated in by eleventh-grade (senior) students. The total number of respondents was 500 (100 in each community); 61% were girls and 39% were boys. The statistical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Data, Place of Residence, Migration
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Gardner, Robert W. – Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 1992
Examines contemporary Asian immigration to the United States from a U.S. perspective. Analyzes immigration policies and data on recent immigration from Asia. Discusses impacts concerning the United States and the immigrants themselves and speculates on future immigration. The composition of Asian immigration might change, and the number might…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Influences, Demography, Economic Factors