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Rosenwaike, Ira – International Migration Review, 1973
Compares the fertility levels between first and second generation Italian immigrants and suggests that the pattern of change found indicates their integration into the mainstream of American life and value systems. (Author/SF)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Demography, Immigrants, Italian Americans
Stone, Eugene F.; Porter, Lyman W. – 1973
The relationship between job scope and job satisfaction was examined for a sample of urban, predominantly blue-collar, employees. Incumbents in sixteen jobs provided data on job characteristics (N=164) and job satisfaction (N=593). Rank-order correlation coefficients were computed between mean job scope indices and mean job satisfaction levels for…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Correlation, Job Analysis, Job Satisfaction
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Albert, Alexa; Bulcroft, Kris – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1988
Conducted telephone interviews with 320 pet owners and 116 nonowners. Found sociodemographic differences between groups. Remarried people, families with children, and families in middle stages of life cycle were most likely to have pets. Widows, empty-nesters, families with infants, and those with annual incomes of $8,000 or less were least likely…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Family Life
Halberstein, Robert A. – Urban Anthropology, 1976
Gives explanations as to why these two Mexican-American populations deviate from the prevailing norm of extremely high fertility observed among Mexican-Americans. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Ethnic Groups, Family Planning
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Bowes, John E. – Journal of Broadcasting, 1976
Considers social and behavioral problems in effective use of technology to resolve urban information problems. (JY)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Communications
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Dobbs, Ralph C. – College Student Journal, 1972
The investigator was able to name three factors which describe why adult students pursue continuing education classes: (1) personal educational/economic factor; (2) personal self-development factor; and (3) personal convenience. (Author/CJ)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Needs, Ghettos
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Gonzalez-Lopez, Gloria – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2004
Mexican men have been traditionally misrepresented in or omitted from fatherhood scholarship, sexuality and reproductive health-related research, and immigration studies. Based on in-depth tape-recorded interviews with 20 immigrant men living in Los Angeles, this study examined Mexican fathers views of virginity as they educate their daughters in…
Descriptors: Mexicans, Daughters, Sexuality, Masculinity
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Nichols, Tracy R.; Graber, Julia A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Botvin, Gilbert J. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2004
This study examined associations between maternal social influences to smoke and girls' early smoking behaviors. Data were collected separately from 450 urban minority girls (65.7% Black, 21.5% Latina, and 12.8% other) and their mothers on smoking frequency as well as demographic and social factors hypothesized to promote smoking. Results showed…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Mothers, Smoking, African Americans
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Harju, Beverly L.; Wuensch, Karl L.; Kuhl, Emily A.; Cross, Natalie J. – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Context: The decision whether or not to consult a physician draws from a variety of attitudes within an individual's health schema. While rural Americans are in greater need of health care, many of them have fewer external resources than urbanites available to them. Purpose: The objective of this study was to elicit implicit and explicit attitudes…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Attitudes, Medical Services, Health Behavior
United Nations New York, NY. Dept. of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis. – 1993
This document is one in a series of studies that focus on the population policies and plans of a number of mega-cities in developing countries. The object of the series is to examine the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of the population policies of mega-cities from a broad perspective, emphasizing the reciprocal links between…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Griswold del Castillo, Richard – Aztlan, 1975
The essay compares data on family organization and structure for Chicanos in Los Angeles during the period 1850-1880 with similar data on the European immigrant and native born in Detroit, Michigan. (Author/NQ)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis, Family Characteristics, Family Structure
Young, Rosalie F.; And Others – 1984
The effects of stress on the psychosocial well-being of older persons have been well documented. Research on stress among the aged has generally considered recent life events as salient stressors in late life and has focussed on older persons without regard to racial differences. Interviews were conducted with 400 elderly black and white residents…
Descriptors: Blacks, Older Adults, Perception, Racial Differences
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Rosenstein, Irving – Education, 1974
This article is an abridgement of the author's dissertation research, which investigated the circumstances under which organizations and agencies in an urban community will make resources available for use in public schools. (Editor)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Data Collection, Program Development, Questionnaires
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Lave, Charles A.; And Others – Human Organization, 1978
Using data on urban migrants in Liberia and Navajo migrants in Denver, the study calculates the economic payoff of formal education, vocational education, and informal training, and separates the effects of job experience from the effects of simple aging. (NQ)
Descriptors: American Indians, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Migrants
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Eckert, J. Kevin; Dunkle, Ruth E. – Gerontologist, 1984
Assessed social service use and need for older persons in an urban area changed through redevelopment. Comparison of those forced to move and a matched group not forced to move showed that through time, nonmovers experienced an increased need for services as redevelopment inflated rents and eroded informal services. (JAC)
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Older Adults, Relocation, Social Services
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