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Schuller, Karin – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2018
The present article analyzes the development of the ethnic gap--with respect to the attainment of vocational degrees--over the immigration cohorts 1960-2001 by examining how social integration indicators and general secondary school education may help to explain the trend. It was found that the gap between natives and migrants increased. Above…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Vocational Education, Social Integration, Educational Attainment
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Fuller, Bruce; Kim, Yoonjeon; Galindo, Claudia; Bathia, Shruti; Bridges, Margaret; Duncan, Greg J.; García Valdivia, Isabel – Educational Researcher, 2019
A half century of research details how segregating racial groups in separate schools corresponds with disparities in funding and quality teachers and culturally narrow curricula. But we know little about whether young Latino children have entered less or more segregated elementary schools over the past generation. This article details the growing…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Hispanic American Students, Low Income Students, Elementary School Students
Matthew Patrick Shaw – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In this two-paper dissertation, I examine U.S. Census data from the Current Population Survey Merged Outgoing Rotating Groups to understand how undocumented-student high-school-diploma, college-enrollment, associate's-degree, and bachelor's-degree attainment odds have been impacted by the Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Undocumented Immigrants, Census Figures, High School Graduates
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018
This report summarises evidence on progress towards the seven Closing the Gap targets agreed to by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), along with an analysis of the underlying key drivers of change. The COAG targets are set out in the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) between the Australian Government and the state and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Indigenous Populations, Mortality Rate, Early Childhood Education
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Glasgow, Nina; Brown, David L. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2012
This paper examines rural population ageing in the United States with a particular focus on the contrasting contexts in which older rural residents live. We compare the characteristics of the older population by rural versus urban residence, and explore challenges and opportunities associated with the ageing of rural baby boomers. The United…
Descriptors: Well Being, Rural Areas, Baby Boomers, Rural Development
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Kahn, Joan R. – International Migration Review, 1994
Compares the fertility behavior and fertility expectations for future childbearing of foreign-born and native-born women in the United States. Results show the immigrant-native fertility gap has increased during the 1980s because fertility dropped at a faster rate for natives than for immigrants. (GLR)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Groups
Davis, Jessica W.; Bauman, Kurt J. – US Census Bureau, 2008
This report discusses school enrollment levels and trends in the population aged 3 and older based on data collected in 2006 by the U.S. Census Bureau in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS). Historically, the CPS has been the only data source used to produce school enrollment reports. This is the first…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Females, Dropouts, Geographic Location
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Kipp, Sandra; Clyne, Michael – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Analyzes responses to 1996 Australian census regarding language use and compares them with those in the two previous censuses. Discusses divergent trends in different states and between two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne. Comparison of language-shift rates between the three censuses and cross-tabulations with generation, age, gender, family…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Ellis, Diane C. – 1984
Data from both the 1970 and the 1980 Census are used to determine changes and trends in artist occupations and in the numbers of artists. The effects of changes in methods utilized to count artists in the 1980 Census are outlined, and estimated rates of growth by artist occupations are provided. The percentage of women artists, the ethnic…
Descriptors: Artists, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Fuguitt, Glenn V.; And Others – 1987
Several demographic aspects of population concentration and deconcentration within the nonmetropolitan sector during 1960-1984 are examined using census data. Relative rates of urban and rural growth during 1960-70, 1970-80, and 1980-84 are compared. Shifts in the proportion of nonmetropolitan counties experiencing rural growth during 1980-84 are…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Population Distribution
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. – 1976
This report presents a statistical portrait of the changing role of women in the United States during the 20th century. Data are from United States Government sources--from surveys, decennial censuses, vital statistics, and administrative records. The majority of the statistics have been published previously, either in government documents or…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Economic Status
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Sandefur, Gary D.; Jeon, Jiwon – International Migration Review, 1991
Analyzes census data from 1960, 1970, and 1980. Finds that the rates of interstate migration of all minority groups moved closer to or surpassed those of Whites by the 1975-80 period. (DM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Census Figures
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Garcia, Philip; Hurtado, Aida – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 1984
Uses census data from 1973-1981 to examine patterns of employment and unemployment during recession and recovery phases of the business cycle among Hispanic, Black, and White youth, aged 16-19. Describes intra-Hispanic differences by gender and ethnic subgroup. Contains eight statistical tables. (SV)
Descriptors: Blacks, Business Cycles, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
Cook, John T.; Brown, J. Larry – 1994
This analysis, part of a series on child poverty in America, contains an overview of child poverty trends over the period from 1959 to 1992 and projections of child poverty rates and levels by area of residence to the year 2010. Analyses, based on data from the Census Bureau, show a marked increase in the overall rate of child poverty since the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Children, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged
Russell, Suzi; And Others – 1992
The enrollment patterns of residents of the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) were evaluated by comparing data on students at Rancho Santiago College (RSC) to 1990 census information. For each city and zip code, the study analyzed ethnic distributions and participation rates. Populations over 18 years of age from zip codes and…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Demography
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