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Download full textHorvath, Ronald J. – 1973
The options selected by secondary school graduates with varying academic backgrounds, the intellective characteristics of these students, and their completion/noncompletion records were investigated. A comparison was made of 229 male vocational training (VT) graduates and 200 male college preparatory (CP) graduates with respect to demographic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Community Colleges
Oberle, Wayne H. – 1969
This report is one in a series on the socioeconomic conditions of rural people within selected areas of the United States. Data were obtained by personal interviews with 1,413 sample household heads residing in the rural parts of the Ozarks region of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The findings indicate that the morale of the poor was lower than…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Background
Utilization of State and County Mental Hospitals by Spanish Americans in 1972. Statistical Note 116.
Bachrach, Leona L. – 1975
Spanish Americans admitted to State and county mental hospitals in the U.S. during 1972 were examined. Purpose was to show if and how they differed from admissions of other ethnic groups in terms of their demographic composition (age, sex, and marital status), their socioeconomic level as measured by educational attainment, their diagnostic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background
Liu, Ben-Chieh; And Others – 1973
Growing attention to the social, economic, political, and environmental health of the nation has precipitated a serarch for indicators other than material wealth which adequately reflect the quality of life in the United States and the well-being of its citizens. Nine indicators (Individual Status, Individual Equality, Living Conditions,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Educational Background, Environmental Research
Whitener, Leslie A. – 1983
One limitation of hired farm labor data from the Decennial Census is undercounting; the seasonal nature of farm work means that many farm laborers are not employed in March, when the Census is taken. The 1981 Hired Farm Working Force Survey provided data to evaluate the usefulness of Census data for farm labor research. Data were grouped into…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background
Mellor, Earl F.; And Others – 1978
Selected characteristics of the Spanish origin population (Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, and other Spanish) and labor force in the United States are presented in this chartbook, compiled from the March 1976 Current Population Survey. Divided into four sections, the chartbook looks at the size and composition of…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Charts, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background
