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Fulton, John A.; Fuguitt, Glenn V.; Gibson, Richard M. – Rural Sociology, 1997
Analyzes migration streams between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, 1975-93, in terms of sex, race, age, educational attainment, poverty level, and occupational status. Distinct shifts included nonmetro gains and retention of the young and better-educated during the 1970s, loss of those groups in the 1980s, and increased nonmetro population…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Migration Patterns
Effland, Anne B. W.; Butler, Margaret A. – Rural Conditions and Trends, 1997
In 1996, nonmetropolitan immigrants lived mainly in the South (37%) and West (35%) but were unevenly distributed. Over half were Mexican; 38% of naturalized citizens, and 24% of noncitizens were children. Compared to metro immigrants, nonmetro immigrants had lower educational attainment, earnings, and rates of welfare assistance and higher poverty…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
Haney, Wava G. – 1975
This research report focuses on the educational, migrational, and occupational characteristics of the rural-born people from various class origins in a highland minifundia community near Bogota, Colombia. Three main objectives are to describe the nature of growth and adjustment in the labor force under conditions of rapid population growth and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Developing Nations, Educational Opportunities
Bowles, Gladys K. – Agricultural Economics Research, 1978
An assessment of contributions of metro/nonmetro migrants to the population and labor force of nonmetro localities is presented in narrative and tables, with data based on special tabulations from the March 1975 Current Population Survey of the Bureau of the Census. Migrants are described in terms of characteristics (compared by race, sex, age,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Comparative Analysis, Demography