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Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, Louisville. – 1985
This report examines the state of integration at 22 public housing authorities in Kentucky. Family residency data showed that the public housing authorities of Jefferson County and Louisville were the first and second most segregated authorities in Kentucky as of July 1985. Overall, however, desegregation at Kentucky's public housing authorities…
Descriptors: Blacks, Desegregation Plans, Housing Discrimination, Housing Management Aides
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1977
A linear program model designed to aid in site selection and the development of pupil assignment plans is illustrated in terms of a hypothetical school system. The model is designed to provide the best possible realization of any single stated objective (for example, "Minimize the distance that pupils must travel") given any number of specified…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Computer Programs, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Coleman, James S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Summarizes the latest research on segregation within and between districts and on the relationships between desegregation attempts and "white flight." (IRT)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
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Giles, Michael W.; And Others – Social Science Quarterly, 1975
This article focuses on the relationship between the black/white ratio and white withdrawl from desegregated public schools in eight Florida school districts. Although a threshold was found at which the rate of rejection increased, their findings do not support the tipping point theory of resegregation. (Author/DE)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Racial Discrimination, Racial Distribution, Racial Relations
Ervin, Evon H., Ed. – Challenge!, 1980
This issue of the official magazine of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is written to stimulate nationwide interest in solving housing and urban problems by dealing with housing alternatives available to the elderly, e.g., shared housing and small group homes. HUD policies which help the elderly to maintain or upgrade…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Economic Development, Environmental Influences, Housing
Hwalek, Melanie; Firestone, Ira – 1979
The extent to which Stokols' model of alienation could be applied to the relocation of elderly into age-homogeneous communal residences was investigated by interviewing 50 residents of two homes for the aged and one senior citizen apartment complex. Three types of regression analyses were performed to test the hypothesis that simultaneously…
Descriptors: Alienation, Attitudes, Gerontology, Housing Needs
Kain, John F. – 1975
Analyzed in this paper are the determinants of racial and ethnic segregation and their effects on the residence patterns of black and ethnic populations in Cleveland. The extent of current and past racial segregation in the Cleveland area is discussed. Particular attention is given to the influence of socioeconomic factors and ethnicity on…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Blacks, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity
Rabinovitz, Francine F.; Siembieda, William J. – 1977
This book focuses on black suburbanization in the Los Angeles area, and questions whether the national increase in black suburbanization should be viewed with optimism or pessimism. The study addresses three questions: (1) Does the presence of substantial black populations in suburban areas represent suburbanization as it is normally thought of,…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Blacks, Minority Groups, Quality of Life
Bloom, Anne, Ed. – 1980
The four papers presented in this document address a wide range of issues in the field of gerontology. The first paper provides detailed information on the residential and mobility patterns of the elderly population of New York City. The second paper integrates general concepts about attitude development with more specific interpretations of facts…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Aging (Individuals), Anthologies, Childhood Attitudes
Foushee, Ray; And Others – 1980
The Section 8 housing assistance program in Jefferson County, Kentucky, is a Federally funded program designed to expand the housing choices of low to moderate income families. This report provides an analysis of all moves made in Jefferson County between 1975 and 1979 by participants in the program, as they relate to the county's school…
Descriptors: Busing, Demography, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education
Nelson, Kathryn P. – 1979
This paper discusses the extent and significance of black suburbanization from the late 1950s to the mid-l970s in 19 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas (SMSAs). The basic question addressed is whether blacks are moving more rapidly to suburban areas in the 1970s than in previous decades. A second focus is on the socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Background, Employment Opportunities, Housing Opportunities
CANNON, DALE CARTER – 1964
A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY MAIL QUESTIONNAIRE TO GATHER DATA ON THE FARM POPULATION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TO GET NAMES OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND PROVIDE MOTIVATION FOR EXTENSION PROGRAM PLANNING. THE MEAN AGE OF RESPONDENTS WAS 50, THE LARGE MAJORITY WITH CHILDREN AT HOME, THREE-FOURTHS NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA, ONE-HALF BEING BORN IN…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Planning, Farmers, Individual Characteristics
Helbock, Richard W.; Marker, Gordon – 1968
This study concerns the feasibility of a Markov chain model for projecting housing values and racial mixes. Such projections could be used in planning the layout of school districts to achieve desired levels of socioeconomic heterogeneity. Based upon the concepts and assumptions underlying a Markov chain model, it is concluded that such a model is…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Heterogeneous Grouping, Mathematical Models, Racial Distribution
Kantrowitz, Nathan – 1976
This essay addressed the question of to what extent does school segregation and school desegregation policy shape residential segregation. Census data, ethnic segregation, voluntary self-segregation, and attitude surveys are discussed in the residential segregation section. The Wolf and Lebeaux study is critically appraised in reference to school…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Ethnic Groups, Middle Class Parents, Migration Patterns
McElroy, Robert C. – 1972
Information is given on the size and composition of the 1971 hired farm working force (HFWF) and on the employment and cash earnings from farm and nonfarm wagework obtained during the year. Data were obtained from a survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census as a supplementary part of the regular Current Population Survey made in December 1971.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment, Employment Statistics, Farm Labor
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