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Das, A. K. – 1981
This study of unemployment among university graduates in West Bengal (India), Bangladesh, and the Philippines provides socioeconomic and educational characteristics of these areas, a comparative analysis of unemployment, and suggested measures for reducing unemployment. The International Institute for Educational Planning studies, focusing on…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship
Stoessiger, Rex – 1982
An analysis of a 1979 questionnaire and interviews with young women leaving school or continuing their education in country areas of Tasmania revealed that the females were having greater difficulty in obtaining employment and were the most isolated when unemployed. For this reason it was considered desirable to continue the study. A questionnaire…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dropouts, Educational Status Comparison, Employer Attitudes
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
This labor market report contains data on the status of working women in Montana. It has eight sections with numerous graphs and statistical tables, most of which give state and national figures. Section 1 presents female labor force characteristics and compares the status of working women with that of men. Section 2 gives an overview of female…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Comparative Analysis, Discriminatory Legislation, Educational Status Comparison
Biggart, Andy – 2000
Based on a secondary analysis of the Scottish School Leavers Surveys from 1978-96, a study focused on low attainment with particular reference to gender. Findings indicated the proportion of low-attainers at ordinary or standard grade had more than halved since the 1970s; it declined more among women than men. Low S4 attainment was associated with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developed Nations, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Biggart, Andy – 2000
A study analyzed a range of factors associated with male and female low attainment and the subsequent routes of low attainers leaving S4 up to the age of 19, using the Scottish School Leavers Survey data from 1978-96. The most significant trend was the extent to which low attainment declined, although significant differences in terms of gender…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developed Nations, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Smyth, Emer; Gangl, Markus; Raffe, David; Hannan, Damian F.; McCoy, Selina – 2001
This project aimed to develop a more comprehensive conceptual framework of school-to-work transitions in different national contexts and apply this framework to the empirical analysis of transition processes across European countries. It drew on these two data sources: European Community Labor Force Survey and integrated databases on national…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Demography
Fratoe, Frank A. – 1981
By 1979, nonmetro Hispanics trailed Whites and metro Hispanics in rates of high school graduation, college completion, and functional literacy; their relative position for these worsened during the seventies, despite absolute gains. While nonmetro Hispanic school enrollments for ages 3-15 compared favorably with other groups in 1978, 36% of…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Census Figures, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
McQuiston, John M.; Brod, Rodney L. – 1981
A 4-year nationwide survey of educational services to adult American Indians and Alaska Natives was designed so the U.S. Department of Education Office of Indian Education could make decisions about services and funding levels, develop policy, and assess relationships between social conditions, education, and literacy. Home interviews with 4,000…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Adult Education
Bynner, John – 2002
The relationship between literacy, numeracy, and employability was examined by analyzing data on basic skills that were collected in two of Great Britain's birth cohort studies--the National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study. The functional literacy and numeracy skills of samples of 10% of the participants in each study…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship