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Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Maternal and Child Health Services. – 1991
This booklet summarizes recent information on the current health status and service needs of America's children. The booklet is intended to present sentinel health measures in a readily accessible and readable format to illustrate what has been accomplished for children and to identify what challenges remain. The booklet's four sections cover:…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Demography, Health Needs
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Mellor, Earl F.; Haugen, Steven E. – Monthly Labor Review, 1986
This article focuses on earnings as a pure wage paid to the employee--stripped of any effects of tips, premium pay for overtime, bonuses, and commissions. It discusses median hourly earnings and earnings distribution (those receiving $12.00 or more per hour, minimum and subminimum wage workers). (CT)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Statistics, Individual Characteristics, Minimum Wage
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Adult and Continuing Education Programs. – 1987
This report provides an overview of the efforts and results of adult basic education centers and classroom teachers and volunteers who provide instruction in the most basic and essential skills for the educationally disadvantaged adults in New York. Charts and graphs illustrate the data that are presented in this photograph-enhanced compilation of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Caldwell, Mildred Murry – 1980
This is a follow-up study on the characteristics, activities, and opinions of a sample of 1978 high school graduates of the Los Angeles (California) Unified School District one year after graduation. The report compares responses made at the time of graduation and those made a year after. The study found that: 1) the percentage of respondents who…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Employment Experience, Followup Studies, High School Graduates
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. Population Div. – 1982
This report presents 20 tables of data on money income and poverty status of individuals and families in the United States in 1981, as derived from the 1982 Current Population Survey of the Bureau of the Census. The income and poverty data are shown in relation to different variables, including race/ethnicity, type of residence, geographical…
Descriptors: Age, Blacks, Economic Status, Family Characteristics
Kumar, Vasant; Bergstrand, Joy – 1979
This report describes a study on the characteristics, economic achievement, and educational status of dropouts who left selected Wisconsin high schools in 1967-68, 1972-73, and 1975-76. The report discusses the background and objectives of the study, the research methods used, survey findings, and conclusions. Among the findings are that (1) more…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Postsecondary Research and Information Systems. – 1991
This report, based on information gained from multiple surveys of physicians conducted since 1980, addresses a number of basic public policy questions regarding physician manpower supply and distribution in the state of New York. The report's primary focus is longitudinal, attempting to identify patterns and trends among New York State's…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Foreign Medical Graduates
Cleveland, Robert W.; Henson, Mary F. – Current Population Reports, 1984
This report contains data on the annual earnings of husbands and wives and their combined earnings as married couples. A narrative summarizing findings precedes each group of related charts and tables. Figures 1A through 1C and tables 1A through 1D classify the earnings of married couples, husbands, and wives by weeks of work and…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Children, Dual Career Family
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1998
As the elderly population continues to grow, more elderly persons are requiring assistance with activities of daily living. Women are the traditional caregivers to the elderly, and the many women who also participate in the paid labor force must face the challenges of meeting both work and family obligations. Types of elder care assistance not…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Caregivers, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship