In recent years, the level of participation and attainment by Indigenous Australians in education and training has improved, yet substantial gaps still exist between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians. Education has to be a key focus if the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous employment rates is to be closed. This report…

Using 20 work units with 79 respondents, this study explores the relationship among group demography, group social integration, and individual turnover. Results confirm the potential importance of group processes in affecting individual decisions to stay or leave an organization. Includes 56 references. (MLH)

1960 and 1970 census data on 179 urbanized areas are analyzed in a search for changes over time using five measures of white status--a summary index of the occupational status of employed males the percent of employed males in higher status occupations, the percent of families with income of 10,000 dollars or more, the percent of families with…

This study investigates the role of several important factors in terms of their influence on the supply of married women in Canada's labor force. The factors include income, child status, region of residence, family, holdings of assets and debts, labor force status of the husband, presence of other adults in the family, and residence in a…

This monograph examines the size and composition of the population of U.S. artists from 1950 to 1985 using data from four U.S. decennnial censuses (1950-1980) and the Current Population Survey (CPS). Chapter 1 presents an overview and summary of the report. Population growth rates for the United States and persons in specific arts-related…

Presented in this report is an extensive statistical profile of certain factors of the Appalachia region of the United States. The report is organized in such a manner that one can look at the entire region, at a particular state, or at a particular region of a state. Factors examined include population estimates (1965 or 1966); work force,…

The ranked lists of South Carolina school district and county data contain information that may be useful to local school authorities in interpreting, comparing, and evaluating certain aspects of their educational programs. The tables were prepared from data entered in the records of public information. Data include school enrollment, attendance,…

Focusing on the changing economic situation in the North and the involvement of the indigenous population, the speech deals only with Alaska. In common with the rest of the North, the Alaskan past has been characterized by economic fluctuations in highly specialized periods. Subjects treated are Alaska's total economic development translated into…

The occupational mobility of U.S. men from generation to generation was measured using data from two large surveys carried out by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in 1962 and again in 1973. The results are presented in nine tables, with accompanying discussion: (1) Mobility from Fathers (or other Family head) Occupation to Current Occupation...(2)…

The results of an effort to develop a body of internally consistent economic data which facilitate comparison of the population, housing, employment, and income characteristics of 56 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas with a population of over 500,000 are reported in this publication. Part of a continuing research program on local government…

This report presents a statistical portrait of the social and economic characteristics, primarily during the 1970s, of persons 65-years old and over. Most of the estimates in this report are based on data from the Current Population Survey of the Bureau of the Census and from the Decennial Censuses of Population and Housing, particularly the 1970…

Statistics on population growth, social characteristics, population distribution, employment and income, and ethnic groups are presented in this report. Among the highlights of the report are the following findings: the population grew by three-fourths of one percent during 1974, a slightly higher rate than 1973 but substantially lower than the…

This report presents a statistical portrait of the demographic aspects of aging and the older population in the Unites States. Most of the estimates are based on data from decennial censuses, the program of nonsurvey population estimates and projections carried out by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the Current Population Survey, and other census…

This paper describes an initial effort to provide a carefully reasoned, factually based, systematic analysis of teacher pay in comparison to pay in other occupations available to college-educated workers. It also reports on the sensitivity of these salary comparison estimates to differences in certain characteristics of the labor force, such as…

This demographic analysis of the Hispanic community in Massachusetts provides human service and community development organizations, as well as government officials, with program planning and policy formation information. Findings about population trends in the Hispanic community are that Hispanics are the fastest growing group in the American…