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Direct linkYang, Philip Q.; Kayaardi, Nihan – Educational Studies, 2004
Using the pooled 1998-2000 GSS data, this study examines what kinds of parents tend to select non-public schools for their children, a question that is fundamental but lacks direct, adequate answers in the literature. The results of logistic regression analysis show that religion, socio-economic status, age, nativity, number of children and region…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Parents, Socioeconomic Status, School Choice
Benedict, Mary I.; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1990
The existence of maltreatment reports for 500 children with multiple disabilities was examined. The profiles of demographic and family characteristics associated with child maltreatment reporting were consistent with the literature, but child functional and developmental characteristics were not confirmed as risk factors. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Demography, Family Characteristics
Download full textBrennan, Tim; Anderson, Frank – 1990
This report presents findings from a multi-year project on handicapped and non-handicapped high school dropouts, including a longitudinal study of high school students in five Colorado school districts and a social ecological study to identify community characteristics which predispose a school district to high dropout rates. The longitudinal…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Demography, Disabilities, Dropout Characteristics
Gorman, Kathleen L. – 1983
Primarily intended to generate a demographic profile of the typical student user of Minnesota University's Walter Library, this follow-up to a 1983 study was also designed to ascertain which areas, materials, and services are used most frequently by students, what activities occupy students during their visits to the library, and why students…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Demography, Higher Education
Parshall, Lucian – 1990
This study describes the Michigan special education work force (as of 1988-89) with regard to six issues, one primary and five supplemental, having to do with the need for and supply of special educators and attempts to predict future personnel needs. The primary issue concerns the factors that will affect the teacher supply and demand in the near…
Descriptors: Administrators, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility
Lambert, Nadine M. – 1987
An interactional model explaining predisposition to hyperactivity asserts that being identified, diagnosed, and treated as hyperactive is a function of biological factors, early health and temperament, family characteristics, and the quality of the home environment. A longitudinal study involving 367 subjects, aged 17-18, tested the interactional…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns
