The current status of women and minorities in professional and managerial positions is examined and the situation in the year ahead to 1985 is forecast. Specific occupations chosen for this study include the entire occupational field of engineering including its major subfields (industrial, chemical, electrical, and mechanical). Other occupations…

Information is given on the number of Mexican American students that received aid from College-Work Study, National Direct Student Loans, and Supplemental Education Grants in the 1972-73 school year. Data are based on the 1970 Census and the 1972-73 fiscal operations forms filled out by student aid officers to account for Federal funds spent in…

Assessing the property tax in terms of agriculture, this report analyzes the following in an historical sense in order to draw implications for the future: (1) the importance of the property tax to the agricultural sector; (2) the horizontal equity of the property tax for the agricultural and nonagricultural sectors in terms of income and wealth;…

Utilizing 1970 census data and updates plus local data and library records, the study seeks to assess the current status of public library usage in and around Aberdeen, South Dakota. A demographic profile of the community as a whole was first constructed and then compared with similar data for known public library users. Information was also…

This work provides an in-depth profile of 1,629 Filipinos living in Mountain View, California. The research was designed to answer questions about how many Filipinos are present, their background, their overall socioeconomic status, their language use, education and use of selected government services. Despite overall appearances of prosperity and…

This manual is a resource of ideas and suggestions for comprehensive statewide planning of vocational education. It is directed toward both experienced and inexperienced vocational education planners. The data analysis and display techniques presented are useful for producing information for developing state plans and for communicating data-based…

TO IDENTIFY THE ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN NEW YORK STATE, THE DIVISION OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS MAILED QUESTIONNAIRES TO 882 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH AT LEAST ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING. FOR THE QUESTIONNAIRE ETHNIC GROUPS WERE DESIGNATED AS "NEGRO,""WHITE,""PUERTO RICAN," AND…

FACTS ABOUT INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSING AND OCCUPATIONS REVEALED THAT MORE SPANISH-SPEAKING INDIVIDUALS FALL IN LOWER STATUS CATEGORIES IN REGARD TO EDUCATION THAN DO INDIVIDUALS IN OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS OF THE SOUTHWEST. THEY ARE ISOLATED GEOGRAPHICALLY AND CULTURALLY FROM THE MAINSTREAM OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND LIVE A LIFE BASED…

Insight into the structure of the labor market and its operations in terms of careers can be gained through analysis of occupational mobility patterns at a detailed category level. Methodology components used to extend previous methods of defining career fields as evinced in mobility patterns are: (1) mobility matrix creation; (2) mobility…

Using 1970 Federal Census data, this paper analyzes selected characteristics of the black population in Alabama, focusing on the following categories: (1) blacks in Alabama counties; (2) urban and rural blacks; and (3) blacks in Alabama by sex and age. Special emphasis is placed on producing and interpreting data by which postsecondary education…

A comparison of national statistics on health services available in rural and urban areas of the United States from 1935-1966 revealed a relatively lower supply of health services per capita in rural areas and significant geographic differences in the supply of trained health personnel. It was shown that medical expenditures per family tended to…

Information is presented to assist Hawaii employers in developing affirmative action plans as required for federal contract compliance. In the first section, information is provided on the ramifications of geographical area coverage, the sources for the attached statistical data, the definition of manpower resources, and the availability of this…

This report presents population projections of the United States by age, sex, and the components of population changes, births, deaths, and net immigration. These projections are shown annually by race--white and black--from 1975 to 2000 and in less detail for the total population from 2000 to 2050. In 1974, the population of the United States,…

The reporting booklet contains the reporting forms which collect basic enrollment, staff, and building facilities data from school heads, viz., principals and/or directors for the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) Census Data System (CDS). CDS, one of two major subsystems of the integrated management information…

Utilizing available 1966 statistical data and U.S. Census figures, the State of Arkansas was examined for purposes of analyzing: (1) the extent to which recent population gains in states such as Arkansas and Oklahoma is occurring in rural areas rather than as an extension of urbanization; (2) the extent to which U.S. manufacturing is beginning to…