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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) – Population Education in Asia and the Pacific Newsletter and Forum, 1991
This review and assessment of population education programs demonstrates that, although population education has made many contributions to the overall education process, its success requires continual revision and review of existing conceptualizations and content. Outlines and discusses other critical factors, pertinent issues, and guidelines for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Geographic Distribution
Cook, Annabel Kirschner – 1986
Although knowledge of how the population of an area is structured and how it is constantly changing will not solve problems created by the changes, it will provide a basis for understanding the needs of an area and for better program planning. Population processes that produce growth or decline in areas include natural increase, migration, and…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Change, Community Planning, Definitions
Garkovich, Lorraine – 1989
The shift from a predominantly rural American society to one where three-quarters of the people reside in urban areas has been largely the result of migration. Migration has been and will continue to be the key population process in rural America. The relationship between migration and the other components of population change, and their joint…
Descriptors: Geographic Distribution, Migration, Migration Patterns, Population Distribution
Rumbaut, Ruben G. – 1996
This paper seeks to make sense of the new diversity in the United States, with a focus on immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean. Some key facts and figures about contemporary immigrants are presented, looking at their patterns of settlement and comparing their distinctive social and economic characteristics to major U.S. racial-ethnic…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Demography, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
Saenz, Rogelio – 1996
This paper examines the demographic and socioeconomic patterns of 7 Mexican-origin and U.S.-born subgroups living in 13 midwestern states in 1990. Mexican-born immigrants are categorized into five subgroups based on the period of U.S. entry: pre-1965, 1965-74, 1975-81, 1982-86, and 1987-90. U.S.-born Mexican Americans (as well as those born abroad…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Gonzales, Juan L., Jr. – 1996
This paper focuses on sociological and demographic characteristics of Hispanics, particularly Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans living in the United States. Sections are organized around data tables and figures (based primarily on 1990 census data), with explanatory text, and cover minority populations in the United States, Latino…
Descriptors: Cubans, Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Riddle, Wayne Clifton – 1992
This review and comparison of census data on the distribution among states of school-age children in poor families for 1990 and 1980 explores implications in the changes for Chapter 1 funding and administration. Numbers of school-age children in poor families represent the primary factor in the allocation of most funds under the federal Elementary…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Children, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Bockman, John F. – 1978
Volume II contains the substance of five studies originally filed with the United States District Court for the District of Arizona in the cases of "Fisher v. Lohr" and "Mendoza v. Tucson School District No. 1." Study VI examines the migration of Spanish-surnamed households from Tucson's south and west sides to the east side…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Educational History
Bockman, John F. – 1978
Volume I contains the substance of five studies originally filed with the United States District Court for the District of Arizona in the cases of "Fisher v. Lohr" and "Mendoza v. Tucson School District No. 1." Study I determines patterns of attendance at several elementary schools by non-Mexican American and Mexican American…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Educational History