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Michelson, William; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1973
This paper summarizes intentions and expectations in differential residential selection among families who had chose to move. Wives appear at face value to assess alternatives in the selection process rationally, to be aware of limitations in housing and location they will experience, and to have expectations about behavioral changes consistant…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, Family Mobility, Relocation
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Brinker, Paul A.; Taylor, Benjamin J. – Human Organization, 1974
The relocation of 323 Southern Plains Indians from western Oklahoma from 1968 to 1972 was studied. A further study was made of the 47 Indians who left their relocation city within a year to return to the reservation. (NQ)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Alcoholism, American Indian Reservations
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Baca, Reynaldo; Bryan, Dexter – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1983
Examining the adaptation of unauthorized Mexican workers in Los Angeles (California), the study revealed a binational life-style. Rather than giving up ties to Mexico, these workers maintained residences in both countries. Extended residence in the United States resulted in an awareness of the advantages of living in both countries. (NQA)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Foreign Nationals, Illegal Immigrants
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Henig, Jeffrey R. – Gerontologist, 1981
Analyzes census tract data to assess residential mobility trends. Net immigration of professionals is found to be more likely in tracts with high proportions of retired households and, especially in tracts close to the cities' central business districts, professional immigration is associated with outmigration of retired households. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Gerontology, Literature Reviews, Migration Patterns
Abou, Selim – 1977
This study, the result of interviews conducted in Quebec and Montreal in the spring of 1975, deals with the adaptation, integration, and acculturation of the Lebanese immigrants in Quebec since the end of World War II. This new immigration wave is contrasted with the one that took place around 1880. Generally speaking, the situation in both the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Weibel, Joan – 1976
Urban adaptation patterns of male and female American Indians were investigated via comparison of premigration statistics (48 Navajo and 40 Oklahoma families) with postmigration statistics on a sample of 23 Navajo and 21 Oklahoma families now living in Los Angeles. The premigration variables were residence patterns; population density;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Age, American Indians