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West, Donald A.; Price, Dorothy Z. – 1976
A study examined the 1972-73 employment of 535 female 1965 and 1966 high school graduates in non-metropolitan Washington. Findings revealed that although there were fewer job opportunities in rural areas, there appeared to be little difference between women working full- or part-time, their level of earnings, or job satisfaction when geographic…
Descriptors: Careers, Demography, Employed Women, Employment Level
SPIVEY, GRACE L. – 1963
THE NEED FOR SUBJECT MATTER CONTENT IN HOME AND FAMILY LIVING, AND ITS RELATION TO CERTAIN SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CLUB MEMBERS WERE STUDIED. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM 253 RESPONDENTS BY MAILED QUESTIONNAIRE. FINDINGS INDICATED A WIDE RANGE EXISTED AMONG MEMBERS IN AGE, EDUCATION, INCOME, AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THERE WAS A NEED FOR ALL…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Clothing Instruction, Clubs, Doctoral Dissertations
Crumrine, Janice G.; Nix, Harold L. – 1978
The findings of this second phase of a four-phase study of shrimp fishing focus on the effect of this occupation upon the family. Data were collected from a random sample of 87 boat captains, 73 wives, community personnel, and high school students in two Georgia coastal counties. The family structure reveals a traditional conception of male and…
Descriptors: Family Attitudes, Family Life, Family Relationship, Family Role
Smith, Joyce L.; Jenkins, Quentin A. L. – 1979
The objectives of this case study are to determine the personal, family, and community interactions of women on small farms, to determine how women on small farms are affected by social and cultural change, and to determine the influence of significant and generalized others on the behavior of women on small farms. The theoretical framework…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Employed Women
Watkins, Betty; And Others – 1980
This catalog was designed to provide performance objectives and performance guides associated with current occupational information relating to the job of homemaker. The performance objectives and guides were developed following a literature review and a survey of random samples of homemakers in the five participating states (Alabama, Florida,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Rearing, Competence, Competency Based Education
Download full textCreech, F. Reid; And Others – 1977
At the time of the First Followup Survey of the members of the High School Class of 1972, approximately 18 months after graduation, sixty-five percent were unemployed, and eight percent were out of work. Forty-two percent were taking academic courses in a college or university. Graduates of the vocational high school curriculum were employed at…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Discriminant Analysis
Ekstrom, Ruth B.; Lockheed, Marlaine E. – 1976
Materials to facilitate the evaluation of the competencies women acquire from domestic and volunteer work were developed, so that academic credit might be awarded for these skills, and so that women's entry or re-entry into post secondary education might be enhanced. The project staff reviewed the literature, contacted volunteers and volunteer…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Skills, Check Lists, Classification
Pardess, Yosef – 1976
The report describes the development and operation of a communal laundry center, or housewife club in Netivot, Israel which provides laundry facilities, a social meeting place, and a variety of classes and services for users. The proposal for the club grew out of the difficulties facing the district social welfare bureau in solving the laundry…
Descriptors: Clubs, Community Centers, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1989
This report on progress in achieving the 1989 goals of the Kansas state plan for vocational education includes four parts and three appendices. Part 1 describes vocational education opportunities and accomplishments under Title II, Part A of the Perkins Act for: handicapped, disadvantaged, limited English proficient, adult training and retraining,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adults, Career Guidance, Consumer Education
Holt, Marilyn Irvin – 1995
This book focuses on the domestic economy movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which intended to transform agrarian society and improve rural life through the education of rural women. The movement considered women to be partners in business with their farmer husbands and pursued the goal of making rural women more able managers and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Health, Child Rearing, Educational History
Thorpe, Mary, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This book on the culture and processes of adult learning contains 16 papers organized into sections on power, purpose, and outcomes; adulthood and learning; and learners' experience and facilitating learning. The following papers are included: "'Really Useful Knowledge', 1790-1850" (Johnson); "Feminist Challenges to Curriculum…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Hendrix, Mary; Cegiel, Linda – 1990
This instructional guide on career opportunities contains 17 units on the following topics: locating information about occupations; introduction to the occupational clusters; agribusiness and natural resources; business and office; communications and media; construction; consumer and homemaking; environment; fine arts and humanities; health;…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Building Trades, Business, Career Planning
ALERS-MONTALVO, MANUEL; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE OF COLORADO IS CONDUCTING A STUDY, IN JEFFERSON, WASHINGTON, AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, TO ASSESS PROBLEMS, NEEDS, OR WANTS IN AREAS OF ACCELERATING POPULATION LOSS OR GAIN, TO DEVELOP EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND TO EVALUATE MEANS OF ORGANIZING AND APPLYING THE EXTENSION SERVICE TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE. THIS…
Descriptors: Church Programs, Community Leaders, Community Problems, Community Services
Martens, Margaret Hosmer, Ed.; Mitter, Swasti, Ed. – 1994
This book contains a comparative survey of efforts to organize female workers in trade unions in both developing and industrialized nations and 19 case studies of efforts to organize female workers in selected occupations. The following papers are included: "A Comparative Survey" (Swasti Mitter); "The Union of Women Domestic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges, Raleigh. – 1989
This performance report, required by federal regulations, indicates the level of achievement of the goals and objectives in the FY 1988-90 State Plan for Vocational Education in North Carolina. The first section of the report covers secondary education. Part 1 describes accomplishments in providing programs, services, and activities for special…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Community Services
