Reviews and partially reformulates the sociological literature on the persistence of ethnicity in American society. Ethnicity, it is concluded, is basically a manifestattion of the way populations are organized in terms of interaction patterns, institutions, personal values, attitudes, life styles, and presumed consciousness of kind: it is the…

Shows how Chicanos in Chicago adapted to and participated in the further evolution of the three major neighborhoods in which they settled and shows how distinctive neighborhood patterns partially determined the variable development of Chicano identity within the three settlements. (Author/AM)

This article examines the eligibility requirements and outlines the procedures for applying for legalization under the new Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The law as Congress passed it is a liberal one, but there is still room for flexibility in the interpretation of the regulations. (Author/VM)

Blacks who bought homes in a suburb of Washington, D.C., were considerably less politically active than whites who gentrified the central city, in spite of the fact that both groups were well educated and middle class. Neighborhood conditions, perception of racial relations, and previous place of residence were important predictors of…

Data from past Bureau of the Census demographic surveys and other sources are used to make inferences about population flows. The following information about foreign born residents of the United States is discussed: (1) place of residence; (2) point of origin; (3) changes in immigration over time; and (4) impact on United States population growth.…

Interviewed 151 Korean elders residing in the New York City area regarding their living arrangements, service needs, and orientation to filial and formal support systems. Comparison with available data on elders (N=1,427) in South Korea revealed changes have occurred in intergenerational relations and living arrangements for older Koreans in the…

A discussion about the first intergovernmental United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, May 31-June 11, 1976, covers housing problems and solutions in Botswana and Nicaragua, what Unesco is doing about habitat, and what the associated schools are doing about habitat. (ND)

Much of the demand for urban recreation has come to involve day-long or weekend trips to sites located outside urban centers. This article, therefore, examines the spatial pattern of demand for vacation homesites located on land under urban influence. The household choice model given in the article allows for residents of more than one urban…

Assesses the effectiveness of federal housing-related policies in the 1960's and early 1970's, discussing in detail the "trickle-down" process that dominates American urban development and the periods in which housing had first a low priority, and then a high priority. (JM)

Demonstrates empirical relationships between the socioeconomic and cultural background of parents to the quality of nutrition, health, and education prospects of their preschool children. Suggests some guidelines for the improvement of the cultural conditions of these preschool children. (Author/RJ)

Describes how, in California, the Santa Clara County school system recognizes a responsibility to promote integration, by operating a Planning Resources Office that works to end bias in hosing, which so often has thwarted educators because it permits them to touch only on the edges of the problem. (Author/JM)

This exercise utilizes census tract data in a simulated research project. Students become aware of their own geographic areas by applying census data to a topographical map, thereby determing age, soundness, and occupancy of housing units. (JB)

Contends that the primary question in busing of school children is the neighborhood school and whether it should be continued, returned, or discarded. (DM)

Proposes that the Federal Government should embark on a land-acquisition program for new satellite communities; that antidiscrimination laws should be enforced by lending authorities and savings and loan associations; that existing subsidies for housing should be redirected toward low-income families; and that the government should provide funds…

Analyses and evidence presented suggest that suppliers of low-income housing are caught in a tightening vise of contracting demand and rising costs. (DM)