This study explores whether students from low-income families and racial/ethnic minority groups have the opportunity to benefit in what is arguably the most rigorous type of credit-based transition program: the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). The analyses first describe national longitudinal trends in characteristics of…

This study addresses major identifying characteristics of the poor in Mississippi. These include problems which are apparent from a study of census data and other secondary materials, such as family composition, family size and occupation, and socioeconomic and demographic attributes. Mississippi has changed from a one crop economy to a…

This publication of advance data from the March 1973 Current Population Survey relates to consumer income: characteristics of the low-income population, 1972. About 24.5 million were below the low-income level in 1972, this figure being 1.1 million or 4.3 percent below the 1971 figure. The number of low-income whites declined by about 9 percent in…

This report presents mid 1978 data from a city wide, bilingual opinion and information survey of residents of low income neighborhoods of the District of Columbia. Among the key findings presented are the following: (1) the typical survey respondent was black or Latin, 25-44 years of age, married with a family of four, had a high school education…

This report presents data on dietary intake obtained to assess the nutritional status of the United States population, aged 1-74 years. Age, sex, race, and income level differences in dietary intake are among the variables considered. Data are analyzed for certain groups at high risk of malnutrition (e.g., the poor, preschool children, women of…

The purpose of this 1967 report sponsored by the Colorado Commission on Spanish-Surnamed Citizens was to study statistical, sociological, and psychological data pertaining to current problems, conditions, and needs of Spanish-surnamed residents of Colorado. The data were derived primarily from analysis of existing studies and the 1950 and 1960…

This paper focuses on health status and medical service utilization among three subgroups of the elderly population: the poor, the black, and the rural elderly. Economic and demographic characteristics of the elderly are discussed. Available evidence is examined on the relationship between these characteristics and health status to determine…

The undercount of the Asian American population, the phenomenal rise of Asian immigrants, the projected doubling of the Asian American population by 1980, and the concentration of this population in urban areas are significant reasons for the reordering of program priorities so that Asian Americans are not excluded from Federally funded benefits…