Demographic information regarding mode of practice, income and satisfaction level is provided for 1978-82 graduates of the Illinois College of Optometry. A practice management questionnaire is appended. (Author/MLW)

As part of an overall study concerned with determining the relationships between the graduates of electronics and drafting design technology curriculums and various factors, this follow-up study of Pennsylvania graduates considers a number of demographic factors. Some of the factors are: (1) marital status, (2) salaries, (3) distance from hometown…

The results of a national survey of working women concerning their worklives, homelives, and personal lives are presented in this document. Survey data were collected by means of a questionnaire developed by the National Commission of Working Women (NCWW) and published in eight women's magazines and numerous labor publications. The questionnaire…

Most governmental or organizational efforts to influence the retirement decision have used financial incentives. The extent to which job attitudes are predictive of early retirement decisions beyond the predictions by income, health and demographic characteristics is an important consideration. Michigan Civil Service employees (N=379) who were…

A NSF- and NIH-sponsored survey of a sample of 5,000 Ph.D.'s in science and engineering was undertaken in 1973 and l975 to obtain current data on their educational, employment, and career patterns. This report analyzes the employment situation by examining demographic and employment characteristics. Several employment categories are identified:…

A questionnaire was sent to 2,045 students who had entered Hawaii community colleges in fall 1975, continued their enrollment in spring 1976, but who did not enroll in fall 1976 for a third semester. The purpose of the questionnaire was to obtain data on reasons for non-continuance, to obtain information on the fall 1976 activities of…

The Project Profile is a biannual document providing a series of comparative reports about student demographics and related characteristics at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. Data were collected from student admissions applications and questionnaires for the fall semesters from 1995 to 1999, providing longitudinal information on several…

The College of Eastern Utah (CEU) conducted a follow-up study of its graduates from the 1940's through the 1970's, a study complicated by the fact that no official records of graduates were kept by the college until after the mid-1960's. Questionnaires were mailed to those for whom addresses could be obtained (n=1238), with 50% of those surveyed…

Urban acculturation of American Indians in Flagstaff and Winslow, Arizona was surveyed. Demographic data were obtained from Bureau of Census publications and unpublished maps and statistical tables. Sociological data included research on employment patterns, housing, economic impact of Indian consumers, and settlement patterns within urban…

This report provides information on the demographic characteristics and employment status of recipients of doctoral degrees granted from June 1980 to January 1983 (who were residing in the United States in February 1981). Information was collected on 39,547 of the 63,022 individuals in the survey sample, yielding a response rate of 63 percent.…

ACTION FOR PROGRESS, AN OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM, CONDUCTED A DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF A 6-BLOCK SLUM AREA IN NEW YORK CITY'S LOWER EAST SIDE. DATA WERE GATHERED ON HOUSING, INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, SCHOOLING, HEALTH, RECREATION, CONSUMER PRACTICES, AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. THE AIMS OF THE SURVEY WERE TO DELINEATE THE…

The premise of this study is that to understand the needs of adult women in vocational education, stereotypes regarding life and work patterns of adult women must be discarded. The purpose of this study is to gain further understanding of how women's family responsibilities and prior education have influenced their working lives and how each of…

Recent changes in the questionnaire used in the March Income Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS) have made it possible for the March CPS to be used as a source of information on the labor force status and other characteristics of noninstitutional persons with a work disability. According to the March 1982 CPS, the overall rate of…

A study, the fourth in a series of annual surveys, examined the characteristics of new students enrolled in the Department of Adult Education at the University of the District of Columbia from the summer of 1982 through the spring of 1983. To obtain a profile of the students' personal backgrounds, educational objectives, and career goals, the…

In 1989, a survey was mailed to graduates of Labette Community College (LCC), in Kansas, to gather information on their educational experiences, employment status, and satisfaction with the college's programs and services. Questionnaires were sent to 150 of the 216 1989 graduates. Study findings, based on a 67.6% response rate, included the…