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Peer reviewedNorton, Arthur J. – National Elementary Principal, 1979
Census Bureau statistics indicate that in 1978, 17 percent of all families were maintained by a woman with no husband present. Also, nearly 45 percent of today's children will at some point in their lives live in a one-parent family. (Author/LD)
Descriptors: Divorce, Employed Women, Females, National Surveys
Download full textHastings, Philip K., Ed.; And Others – 1975
This volume consists of an index of questions repeated in public opinion surveys, and the variants of these questions. The questions included are drawn from American national samples (primarily of the general population) conducted by AIPO (Gallup) NORC, and Roper, and archived at the Roper Public Opinion Research Center. The basic data for over 90…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Information Sources, National Surveys
Burd, Gene – 1973
Magazine journalism is not dead, despite the demise of many giant publications, but is thriving in new forms on the threshold of a new era whose trademark is urbanism. New publications recently appearing are primarily special audience magazines designed to fill the specific information needs of new groupings of readers. Since most of these new…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Journalism, Mass Media, Periodicals
Johnston, Denis F. – 1975
This report provides comparisons among the social indicator reports of seven countries including Canada, France, Great Britain, Japan, Norway, the United States, and West Germany. The purpose of social indicator research in each country is to provide a means for developing more adequate answers to the questions over present and emerging social…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies, Data Collection
Van Dusen, Roxann A., Ed. – 1974
Following the publication of "Social Indicators, 1973", a review symposium met to discuss and evaluate the potential utility of the document. The articles in this book present the essence of the commentary at the symposium. Section 1 identifies the themes in the symposium discussions and provides an overview of the proceedings. Sections 2 and 3…
Descriptors: Conferences, National Surveys, Research Methodology, Research Reviews (Publications)
Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, DC. – 1990
This book presents state-by-state information on 10 indicators of child and adolescent health, education, and social and economic well-being. Indicators were chosen because they represented measures generally comparable across states and widely regarded as reliable. Indicators were: (1) percentage of births with no early prenatal care; (2) infant…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Health, Comparative Analysis
Zill, Nicholas; And Others – 1984
The Interagency Conference on Child and Family Statistics was organized around seven groups that were asked to develop specific recommendations for improving the federal statistical database on children and families. This booklet is a report on the recommendations made at the conference. The first part of the report distills and synthesizes the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children, Coordination
