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Drake, Luke; Lawson, Laura – Journal of Extension, 2015
As community gardens expand across the U.S., Extension professionals can support them not only in horticultural education but also in planning and organization. Knowledge of community garden management is helpful in this regard. Existing research focuses on outcomes and criteria for successful gardens, but is less clear about how community gardens…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Gardening, Community Involvement, Outreach Programs
Coulton, Claudia; Theodos, Brett; Turner, Margery A. – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
Americans change residences frequently. Residential mobility can reflect positive changes in a family's circumstances or be a symptom of instability and insecurity. Mobility may also change neighborhoods as a whole. To shed light on these challenges, this report uses a unique survey conducted for the "Making Connections" initiative. The…
Descriptors: Migration, Residential Patterns, Relationship, Socioeconomic Status
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London, Andrew S.; Parker, Wendy M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
The authors use data from the 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey to examine the association between incarceration and living arrangements, net of a range of sociodemographic and early life characteristics. Relative to living with a spouse and child(ren), there is evidence that a history of incarceration is strongly associated with…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Context Effect
Angoff, William H. – 1989
This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that items of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) containing reference to American people, places, customs, etc., tend to favor examinees who have spent some time living in the United States. Two samples of examinees were drawn from the March 1987 TOEFL administration, one tested in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, English (Second Language), Evaluators, Foreign Nationals