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Hong, Moon Suk – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2021
This ethnographic research examines the sociocultural and educational experiences of migrant youth living in liminality in urban Yangon. Their liminality exemplifies the interplay between poverty, social-choice of dropping out of school and the militant culture of schooling. The research argues that narratives provide comprehensive understandings…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Migrant Workers, Migration Patterns, Urban Youth
Pollard, Kevin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2021
This report presents state- and county-level data for the Appalachian Region. The 12 chapters focus on: (1) Population Basics; (2) Age; (3) Race and Hispanic Origin; (4) Housing Occupancy, Tenure, and Type; (5) Education, Device Ownership, and Internet Access; (6) Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment; (7) Transportation and Commuting…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Geographic Regions, Regional Characteristics
Pollard, Kelvin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2019
This study examines state- and county-level data for the 13 Appalachian states from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS) and from U.S. Census Bureau population estimates on topics including population, age, race and ethnicity, housing occupancy and tenure, education, labor force, employment and unemployment, income and poverty, health…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Community Surveys, Population Trends, Population Distribution
Pollard, Kelvin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2020
This report presents state- and county-level data for the Appalachian Region. The 12 chapters focus on: (1) Population Basics; (2) Age; (3) Race and Hispanic Origin; (4) Housing Occupancy, Tenure, and Type; (5) Education, Device Ownership, and Internet Access; (6) Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment; (7) Transportation and Commuting…
Descriptors: Regional Characteristics, Geographic Regions, Population Trends, Population Distribution
Pollard, Kelvin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2018
This study examines state- and county-level data for the Appalachian Region. The 11 chapters focus on: (1) Population Basics; (2) Age; (3) Race and Hispanic Origin; (4) Housing Occupancy, Tenure, and Type; (5) Education; (6) Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment, and Commuting Patterns; (7) Income and Poverty; (8) Health Insurance Coverage (9)…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Population Distribution, Population Trends, Age Differences
Pollard, Kelvin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2017
This study examines state- and county-level data on population, age, race and ethnicity, housing occupancy and housing tenure, education, labor force, employment and unemployment, income and poverty, health insurance coverage, disability status, migration patterns, and veteran status from the 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) for the 13…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Population Distribution, Population Trends, Age Differences
Pollard, Kelvin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2016
This study examines state- and county-level data on population, age, race and ethnicity, housing occupancy and housing tenure, education, labor force, employment and unemployment, income and poverty, health insurance coverage, disability status, migration patterns, and veteran status from the 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS) for the 13…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Housing, Ethnicity, Race
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Crivello, Gina – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
The past few decades have witnessed international pressure to get more children in the world educated, for longer. The view that school education is core to definitions of good childhoods and successful youth transitions is increasingly widespread, globally and locally. However, structural inequalities persist and migration for education has…
Descriptors: Poverty, Young Adults, Academic Aspiration, Foreign Countries
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Nord, Mark; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1995
During 1981-84, migration patterns of both the poor and nonpoor consistently reinforced preexisting spatial concentrations of poverty. High migration rates of the poor into and out of high poverty counties suggest an equilibrium condition. A locale's persistent poverty may result not from lack of opportunity but from an opportunity structure that…
Descriptors: Counties, Geographic Distribution, Inner City, Migrants
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Chaney, Elsa M. – International Studies Notes, 1989
Suggests alternative ways to advance knowledge about the reasons why people in the Caribbean are under-nourished. Argues for replacing quantitative surveys that focus on using the methodology of one discipline with L. Joy's (1979) "repeated scenarios" crossing disciplinary boundaries around which theorizing can begin. (GG)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developing Nations, Farm Labor, Females
McGranahan, David A.; Kassel, Kathleen – Rural Conditions and Trends, 1995
Migration data from the Current Population Survey indicate a small population gain for rural areas during the period from 1990 to 1994. Examination of data by age, education, and poverty level suggests a reversal of the "brain drain" trend of the 1980s, as more working-age people with children and college graduates move into rural areas,…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, College Graduates, Demography, Educational Attainment
Cromartie, John B. – Rural America, 2001
Analysis of annual county-level migration estimates indicates that in recent decades, migrants to the rural South have persistently favored areas with specific attractions: urban access, high-tech jobs, and favorable climates. As migrants are younger and better educated than the overall population, such patterns exacerbate rural development…
Descriptors: Counties, Economic Development, Educational Attainment, Migration Patterns
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White, Stephen E. – Rural Sociology, 1998
Examines population change in the High Plains of western Kansas in terms of an internal colonialism-dependency model. Identifies a wide range of colonial dependent characteristics, including long-term population decline, high median age, highly channelized migration flows, and continuing outmigration of the region's most educated inhabitants.…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Colonialism, Educational Attainment, Migration Patterns
Current Population Reports, 1985
This population profile summarizes a range of demographic, social, and economic data collected by the Census Bureau during 1983 and 1984. Geographic coverage is primarily for the nation as a whole, although some demographic data at the State level are also included. The areas covered are as follows: (1) national population trends; (2) national…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Educational Attainment, Family Characteristics
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Fulton, John A.; Fuguitt, Glenn V.; Gibson, Richard M. – Rural Sociology, 1997
Analyzes migration streams between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, 1975-93, in terms of sex, race, age, educational attainment, poverty level, and occupational status. Distinct shifts included nonmetro gains and retention of the young and better-educated during the 1970s, loss of those groups in the 1980s, and increased nonmetro population…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Migration Patterns
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