NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
West, Donald A.; Hoppe, Stanley F. – 1974
Data collected via a 1973-74 mail survey of 1965 and 1966 rural Washington high school graduates were used to analyze the relationship between education, location of work, occupation, and earnings of young adults (24-27 years of age). Respondents (524) males and 535 females) were asked to supply information on their educational background (pre-…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education, Family Characteristics, Females
Graff, Thomas O. – 1978
Changes have occurred in the geographic concentrations of elderly people in the United States between 1950 and 1970. The paper examines these trends and identifies the factors which influenced them. Census data from 1950 and 1970 were analyzed as a basis for the study. In 1950, 8.1% of the population was classified as older. States with high…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Monk, Phillip M.; Medina, Dennis – 1975
The study assessed the stability or change in the residential orientations of rural Mexican American youth living near the Texas-Mexico border, examined changes in the local social and economic environment, and made some predictions as to their effects on the students' dispositions. In the springs of 1967 and 1973, questionnaires were administered…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Expectation, Females
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Postsecondary Research, Information Systems, and Institutional Aid. – 1978
The third of a series on higher education enrollment patterns and trends in New York State for 1974-76, this report is aimed primarily at an audience concerned with policy analysis related to college enrollments. The first section presents interstate residence and migration data and views New York State within the national context. The section…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Enrollment Trends, Geographic Distribution
Weibel, Joan – 1976
Urban adaptation patterns of male and female American Indians were investigated via comparison of premigration statistics (48 Navajo and 40 Oklahoma families) with postmigration statistics on a sample of 23 Navajo and 21 Oklahoma families now living in Los Angeles. The premigration variables were residence patterns; population density;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Age, American Indians