Environmental social scientists debate whether or not modern development reduces society's impact on the biosphere. The empirical research informing the discussion has not yet adequately examined the social determinants of municipal solid-waste (MSW) generation, an increasingly relevant issue, both ecologically and sociologically. A primary…

This article describes some of the changes in regional employment over the past decade or so, with particular emphasis on the industrial components of those changes; then it examines some of the reasons for dramatically uneven regional employment growth, focusing on such aspects as population and business migration, regional income inequality, and…

STATISTICAL DATA ARE PRESENTED ON THE INDIAN POPULATION OF OKLAHOMA, ALONG WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF SOME OF THE 67 INDIAN TRIBES FOUND IN THE STATE AND NARRATIVE SUMMARIES OF THE STATISTICAL DATA. MAPS OF CURRENT AND PAST INDIAN LANDS ARE SHOWN IN RELATION TO CURRENT COUNTY LINES. GRAPHS PORTRAY POPULATION COMPOSITION, RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION…

Designed for use as a resource by state and local level vocational education professionals and policymakers, this report provides information pertaining to the current economic conditions within Texas, the nature and measurement of economic activity, prevailing economic trends, and projections for the future. Outlined first are current economic…

Economic growth and federal assistance programs lowered the overall nonmetro poverty rates during the years 1959-80, but uneven distribution of benefits resulted in high poverty rates among rural counties containing populations with distinctive demographic, socioeconomic, and employment characteristics. The 100 rural counties with the highest…

Based on information provided by Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Agency Offices and by the Indian Health Service, this publication provides profiles of 45 Indian reservations located in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. These profiles include data on reservations located partially or totally in the adjoining states of Oregon, Idaho, California, and New…

THIS STATISTICAL REPORT ON CHANGES IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF AMERICAN NEGROES IS DERIVED PRIMARILY FROM CENSUS OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES. TEXTUAL AND TABULAR DATA ARE PRESENTED ON POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, HOUSING CONDITIONS, LIVING CONDITIONS AND HEALTH, THE FAMILY, MILITARY AND VOTING PARTICIPATION, AND…

This report focuses on demographic and economic changes affecting urban households during the 1980s. Statistics regarding birth, fertility and mortality rates, marriage and divorce, and household formation are presented. Metropolitan and interregional trends in mobility are examined by racial, income and age groups. Growth rates of the national…

This report provides detailed social and economic statistics for the population of the United States below the poverty level in 1974 based on the March 1975 Current Population Survey (CPS). Data are presented by selected characteristics such as race, family status, education, work experience, type and source of income, and residence in poverty…

In an effort to provide conceptual meaning to the role of residential preferences and their influence upon migration behavior in the context of a changing society, data derived from a 1973 statewide survey of Arizona heads of households (a random sample of 1,416 people) were analyzed in terms of: (1) residential preference and spatial proximity to…

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…

Space, in a geographic sense, entails costs when there is too much of it in relation to population and income. In the West, by comparison with more populous areas to the east, the level of personal income per square mile and per capita is low; costs per unit of, and per capita for, transportation, health and medical care, and education are high;…

The booklet analyzes demographic and economic characteristics of married couples in the United States. The study is based on census data and on information about joint characteristics of husbands and wives. The objective of the study is to revise concepts related to family and household data by adding analysis of wives' characteristics to…

This handbook is an easy-to-use reference book for policymakers, public officials, and policy analysts, as well as anyone else who may need up-to-date information about state economic, demographic, and fiscal data. The book includes data on demographics, poverty rates, per capita state personal income, state and local tax rates, and state and…

The purpose of this book is to examine the interaction of the world's ecological, economic, and social systems. It is divided into 12 chapters, with the first chapter providing an introduction and overview. Chapter two assesses the dimensions of the ecological stresses being put on the environment, specifically, the world's oceans, forests,…