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Johnson, Daniel M.; And Others – 1974
Migration is generally conceptualized in terms of "streams" and "counterstreams." A stream is a group of migrants having a common origin and destination in a given migration period. The movement in the opposite direction is called its counterstream. The latter is usually the smaller of the two. A counterstream can be divided…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blacks, Census Figures, Demography
Tucker, C. Jack; Hollingsworth, J. Selwyn – 1975
The research reported in this paper is concerned with: the continued shrinkage of the area commonly known as the Southern black belt -- counties in the old South having a major proportion of their populations consisting of Negroes -- up until 1970; the recent role migration has played in black population loss; and the probable effects of lengthy…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
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Riggs-Salter, Cathy; Salter, Christopher L. – Social Education, 1989
Focuses on how census data is used by geographers to identify spatial patterns and analyze relationships between the physical environment and human activities. Shows how census data may be used to enhance geographic education. Includes geography activities on migration and per capita income that use census data. (LS)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Class Activities, Data Collection, Geographic Distribution
Long, Larry H.; DeAre, Diana – 1980
An unexpected demographic development in the United States in the 1970's was the shift of nonmetropolitan areas to net inmigration, reversing a 70-year trend. Using the 1970 definition of metropolitan, the percent of the population living in metropolitan areas fell from 69% in 1970 to 67.8% in 1978. No easily identifiable set of reasons explained…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Economic Factors, Metropolitan Areas
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Mueller, Jean West; Schamel, Wynell Burroughs – Social Education, 1989
Uses microfilm copies of the 1880 and 1900 census records which tallied information about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family to teach about using census data. Suggests activities that develop vocabulary skills, teach document analysis, utilize map skills, and require research and synthesis skills. (LS)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Class Activities, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Florio, David H. – 1976
This report results from a National School Boards Association (NSBA) conference on declining enrollment and from a survey of state school boards associations conducted in advance of the conference. The conference drew school board leaders and school administrators together with population experts to achieve several purposes that are reflected in…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Census Figures, Declining Enrollment, Demography