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Selwyn, Julie – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: The study investigated whether sibling relationships influenced the outcomes of a sample of adoptive placements in England and Wales that had broken down postorder or were in crisis. Method: The study used secondary analysis drawing on in-depth interviews with 41 families who had experienced an adoption disruption and 42 families who…
Descriptors: Adoption, Sibling Relationship, Placement, Foreign Countries
Albrkhil, Haya – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Eight hundred Saudi Arabia educators from the Riyadh District participated in this study to determine teachers' access to computers, computer skill level and motivation to enroll in online courses pertaining to professional development. Participants, who were chosen according to a stratified sampling technique, completed a survey which provided…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Online Courses, Access to Computers
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Stefanko, Michael – Adolescence, 1987
Compared perceptions of adolescents (N=35) and their parents (N=45) on 20 personality characteristics. Differences between parent and adolescent views were much less extreme than the differences found by Hess and Goldblatt in their 1957 study. Multivariate analysis of variance revealed no significant differences on any of the variables examined:…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Ethnicity, Family Size
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Ventura, Stephanie J. – NCHS Monthly Vital Statistics Report, 1983
Analysis of Hispanic birth data for 22 states in 1980 showed the following: (1) The fertility rate for Hispanic women was 95.4 births per 1.000 women aged 15-44; this rate was 53 percent higher than the rate for non-Hispanic Whites and five percent higher than for non-Hispanic Blacks. (2) Age-specific birth rates indicated that the fertility of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Rate, Birth Weight, Black Population Trends
Huang, Gary – 1990
If personal networks of only children differ from those of children with siblings, then study of the different patterns of personal association is especially relevant to the understanding of social change in China, where the population of children without siblings is rapidly increasing. A study of these differential social networks used data…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
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Bokemeier, Janet L.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1983
Identifies socioeconomic correlates of labor force participation by 5,580 Kentucky metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and farm women. Data (personal/socioeconomic/family characteristics, occupations/industries of women in labor force) indicate family and status are most influential correlates of metro/nonmetro women's labor force participation; status…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns