Surveyed 491 Arkansans concerning attitudes toward suicide. Over one-half of respondents knew someone who had committed or tried to commit suicide; 69 percent did not believe person has right to commit suicide; 71 percent believed normal persons would not commit suicide. Attitudes and experiences with suicide and suicidal people were…

Current Population Survey data reveal that the incidence of underemployment for Mexican American males was twice as high as white males, and underemployment was 1.6 times higher for Mexican American females than white females. Joblessness among Mexican Americans accounted for less than one-third of their underemployment. Young and poorly educated…

Current Population Survey data indicate that nonmetropolitan earnings rose slightly during 1990-96, metropolitan income declined, and nonmetro income inequality lessened. Nonmetro gains were notable in the South and Midwest and for women, Blacks, and Hispanics. Earnings declined sharply for urban, but not rural, high school dropouts. The urban…

Reports on a longitudinal study of nearly 1,000 English words to determine differences in usage in the United States in the 1930s and 1990s related to age, sex, race, education, region, and rurality. The results indicated that males, whites, older speakers, and speakers from rural areas use more older terms, whereas most educated speakers use…

This report, based on data from Follow-up Information on North Dakota Education and Training (FINDET), describes the employment status of North Dakota University System (NDUS) graduates for the year 2000 who were employed in the state 1 year after graduation. Approximately half of these graduates were either employed in North Dakota or re-enrolled…

This report uses data on 10,480 households from the Current Population Survey to investigate computer ownership and Internet use by disability status, racial and ethnic group, and age group. Analysis indicates: (1) people with disabilities are less than half as likely as their non-disabled counterparts to have access to a computer at home; (2)…

Surveyed 553 Jewish, Moslem, and Christian teachers concerning their perceptions of alcoholism. Found differences in perception of alcoholism among teachers of different religions, educational levels, gender, and drinking practices. Found no differences among teachers of different ages or among those working in different types of schools.…

Proposed a new definition of early marriage, tested against age at first marriage for ability to predict educational attainment. Using a national probability sample (N=5,601), the index of early marriage was found to be the superior measure. Generally reduced educational attainment was a consequence of early marriage. (JAC)

Data collected by the March Current Population Survey were used to identify which groups of year-round, full-time civilian workers aged 16 and older were most likely to be at the top and bottom of the earnings ladder. Women, young workers, less-educated individuals, and Hispanics were most likely to earn less than $13,091 (1992 constant dollars),…

Literacy data were collected on a 5 percent sample of the Republic of South Africa's 1980 population census. Approximately 5 million persons aged 20 or older were found to be illiterate. The racial breakdown of the literacy rate among the different population groups was as follows: Asians, 79.84 percent; whites, 97.18 percent; racially mixed…

Provides a comprehensive summary of research literature on the accuracy of proxy reports of parental status characteristics. Tests four hypotheses in relation to the influence of the child-respondent's age, race, and gender and the parents' education or occupation on the accuracy of reporting. (LS/Author)

Examined linguistic and educational marriage patterns for native-born Americans in six language groups while controlling for population age, sex, education, and linguistic composition. Found that linguistic homogamy was more pronounced for persons of lower educational status. Education was more salient than language in marriage choices of…

Examined data from 1,864 Bank of America retirees to investigate correlations among healthy habits, age, gender, and education. Health habits were strongly and positively associated with each other and negatively associated with unhealthy habits. Age and gender differences were found. Education was significantly associated only with fiber in diet…

Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth show significant differences by sex and race in youth labor market experience. Many of these differences become smaller or disappear completely with increases in educational attainment. (Author)

This report, part of a series that offers population and housing data collected by Census 2000, presents data on the educational attainment of people over age 25 years in the United States, describing education distributions for the country, including regions, states, counties, and places with populations of 100,000 or more. Overall, U.S.…