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Morrissey, Elizabeth S. – Southern Rural Sociology, 1989
Finds that, among 2,397 heads of poor Southern households in the March 1986 Current Population Survey, race and education were significant determinants of employment status in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, respectively. Age and receipt of welfare in the previous year were important factors in both areas. (SV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Low Income Groups
Parker, Timothy S. – Rural Conditions and Trends, 1997
Current Population Survey data indicate that 7.2% of nonmetropolitan workers and 6.2% of metropolitan workers held two or more jobs concurrently in 1996. Multiple jobholding rates were highest in the lowest and highest earnings quintiles and for whites, college graduates, and ages 45-54. Teachers accounted for the largest number of nonmetro…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Income
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Tienda, Marta – Rural Sociology, 1979
Rural children are more economically valuable than urban children to parents and are twice as likely to be economically active, although social, familial, and individual differences (such as age, sex, and education) can significantly influence labor force activity. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Rate, Child Labor, Demography
Upham, W. Kennedy; Lever, Michael F. – 1966
The magnitude of the low-income population in Texas as compared with the rest of the nation was analyzed. Data were acquired from the 1960 U. S. Census of Population. Among the characteristics examined were rural and urban residence, occupation, age, sex, education of the family head, and ethnic background. The criterion used for designating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Blacks, Economic Factors
Brown, David L.; O'Leary, Jeanne M. – 1977
Using 1960 and 1970 census data, the following hypotheses were tested: the level of women's labor force participation will be higher in urbanized metropolitan vs sparsely populated nonmetropolitan counties with a higher participation rate appearing in the nonmetro counties within commuting range of metro counties, though these differences will…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns
Cornwell, Gretchen T.; Thorsen, Jenny S. – 1985
Data from the 1980, 1970, and 1960 censuses were used to describe Pennsylvania's rural women and to compare them with urban women and, in some instances, men. In Pennsylvania in 1980, just 1 rural woman in 25 lived on a farm. These women were more educated, more active in the labor force, and somewhat better paid than their counterparts in 1960…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 1998
This report builds upon the "State of the South, 1996" report by concentrating on how various segments of the region's population are faring, with special attention to gender, ethnicity, and education. States included in the regional analysis are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Saenz, Rogelio; And Others – 1987
This report, culling data from Census Bureau reports from 1850 to 1980 provides information in the following three categories: (1) Minority Groups in Iowa: The Situation in 1980; (2) Changes from 1970 to 1980 for Black and White Iowans; and (3) Changes from 1900 to 1980 for Black and White Iowans. Among the highlights for the Iowa population in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, American Indians, Asian Americans, Birth Rate