A cross section of 40 Australian single parents was administered an 8-page, 30-item questionnaire designed to generate information about the differences between males and females. The questionnaire contained a variety of question types, including close-ended questions, open-ended questions, and checklists. Specifically, items dealt with…

This report presents 20 tables of data on money income and poverty status of individuals and families in the United States in 1981, as derived from the 1982 Current Population Survey of the Bureau of the Census. The income and poverty data are shown in relation to different variables, including race/ethnicity, type of residence, geographical…

This report presents sample data from the 1980 Census on the social, economic, and housing characteristics of the population living in the 100 largest central cities in the United States, the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA's) of which they are a part, and the poverty areas of the SMSA's. The first four tables (S-1 through S-4)…

This study focuses on describing the demographic profile of first generation Chinese Americans in metropolitan Houston, Texas, and on exploring the changing value systems and the environmental adjustment demonstrated by the selected sample. Nearly 29 percent of the 267 selected Chinese Americans responded to the two attitude inventories designed…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, is stated to focus primarily on the effects of housing market segregation and discrimination on the welfare of black Americans; findings of economic research indicate that Negro households at all income levels are impeded by housing market…

An extension of material contained in Chapter 4 of the book, "Benefits, Cost, and Finance of Public Higher Education (Chicago: Markham Publishing Co., 1969).

The distribution of family incomes is now slightly more equal than the distribution of husbands' earnings. Movements toward equal opportunity for women are likely to have only a small effect on family income inequality. In a world with no differences by sex in work behavior, we could expect that the work experience of women and men and the…

THE PROBLEMS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH LONG-TERM LOANS TO STUDENTS (ESPECIALLY NATIONAL DEFENSE STUDENT LOANS) ARE IDENTIFIED AND ANALYZED. MAJOR PROBLEMS INCLUDE--(1) THE ACCUMULATION OF A LARGE DEBT OFTEN UNJUSTLY INFLUENCES A STUDENT'S DECISION REGARDING GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, (2) REPAYMENT OF A DEBT BY AN ALUMNUS OFTEN SUBSTITUTES…

Selected findings and policy implications from a statistical study of the amount and type of day care used by a national sample of parents are presented in this paper. For the analysis of hours used, the sample consisted of families (n=2,149) reporting use of at least one hour of care per week for whom complete data sets were available. For…

THE DATA IN THIS REPORT ARE STATISTICS ON YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND IN NEW YORK STATE. INCLUDED ARE DATA ON POPULATION, SCHOOL STATISTICS, EMPLOYMENT, FAMILY INCOME, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND YOUTH CRIME (INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY FIGURES), AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. THE STATISTICS ARE PRESENTED IN THE TEXT AND IN TABLES AND CHARTS. (NH)

The purpose of this report is to provide basic information about poor nonwhite families in Texas compared with those in the nation at large, using 1960 U.S. Census of Population figures as the major information source for comparisons. Poverty is defined in this report as a total family income below $3,00. The first 2 chapters are concerned with…

This paper develops a theoretical framework for examining how families interact with the society under conditions in which the expectations for sex roles are changing. The difference between mandated and voluntary change is examined and the cost-benefit ratio to families for participating in the process of change is evaluated in different…

This report presents data collected from a telephone survey of 777 North Carolina families (with children under 14 years of age) concerning their uses of and preferences for child care services. Three basic questions were asked by the surveyors: (1) How will children be cared for in the absence of parents during the coming school year? (2) What is…

This memorandum to the Secretary of Labor from the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Evaluation, and Research describes the effects of our changing society upon the socioeconomic status of blue-collar workers. Economic problems face both black and white workers when their earnings peak while expenses continue to rise, both from inflation and from…