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Download full textFRIEDEN, BERNARD J. – 1967
THE DECENTRALIZED ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL HAS TENDED TO REINFORCE SEGREGATION WHEN THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN MISUSED TO FURTHER LOCAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES. HOWEVER THE NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ANTIPOVERTY EFFORTS REQUIRES THAT THERE BE A REASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO…
Descriptors: Blacks, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Ghettos
Triana, Armando R. – 1980
Comprising 15.6% of the city population and 8.7% of the metropolitan area population in 1979, Hispanics are becoming a major segment of the labor force in Chicago. Based on ethnic composition data for 163 area elementary schools in 1970 and 1979, numbers of Mexicans and South and Central Americans are rising while the population of Puerto Ricans…
Descriptors: Behavior, Cubans, Cultural Differences, Demography
Vaughan, Roger J.; Vogel, Mary E. – 1979
This analysis of Federal impacts on the urban residential sector focuses on: (1) the influence of Federal programs and policies on intermetropolitan population movements (migration from the North to the sunbelt); and (2) program and policy influences on the process of suburbanization (the flight of the affluent from central cities). Considered are…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Federal Government, Government Role, Migration Patterns
Coleman, James S. – 1975
In this paper, the author analyzes what has happened since 1954 in the area of school integration and suggests what he feels are appropriate policies for the future. He identifies two major changes that have affected school integration since 1954--a change in residential patterns that has increased segregation in recent years, and a change in the…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Civil Rights, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Darden, Joe T. – 1976
The results of research designed to measure black residential segregation outside the central cities (i.e., the suburbs) of ten areas of Michigan are reported. The census data suggest that while substantial migration of blacks into the suburbs occurred in several areas of Michigan during the 1960's, the suburban black population numbers remained…
Descriptors: Black Housing, Demography, Housing Discrimination, Integration Studies
Lanham, Orville W.; And Others – 1970
This paper analyzed factors related to adoption of new farm practices by dairy farmers in two Pennsylvania counties in 1962 and 1966. (Of 638 farmers interviewed in 1962, 387 were still operating their farms in 1966.) The dependent variable was an index of 19 recommended farm practices, of which about half were being used in 1962. Twenty-one…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Analysis of Variance, Dairy Farmers, Farmers
Rabiega, William A.
Introductory materials for an intraurban residential migration classroom game and appended game materials are designed for use as an introduction to an urban geography course or an illustration of social processes and methods in a behavioral geography course. The introduction explains the game organization and play, details the concepts it is…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Games, Geography
Leslau, Abraham – 1974
The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the community's sociodemographic factors and the results of its effort to desegregate or integrate its school system. Two overall hypotheses are tested: (1) there is a positive correlation between each of three demographic variables--racial residential segregation, black…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Characteristics, Community Involvement, Demography
Satterlee, James L.; Riley, Marvin P. – 1972
A sample of 120 low-income families receiving food commodities in 3 eastern South Dakota counties provided a socio-demographic overview of family characteristics; tested the Culture of Poverty approach for classifying rural, low-income families; tested the homogeneity among these families; and presented implications for policy-making and program…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Federal Programs, Heads of Households
Stauss, Joseph H.; Chadwick, Bruce A. – 1973
The degree of economic, social, and psychological adjustment of urban American Indians residing in Seattle, Washington was investigated. The assumption that the 3 types of adjustment are highly correlated was assessed and hypotheses relating length of urban residence and "Indianness" (observable actions and physical characteristics) to…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Anglo Americans, Employment
Peterson, John H., Jr. – 1970
The socioeconomic condition of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians was surveyed in the fall of 1968. Using a questionnaire, 570 Choctaw households in 7 communities were interviewed by Choctaw Agency personnel. Information gathered included population figures by age, sex, and residence; educational attainment, aspirations, and use of English;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Community Surveys, Employment Statistics
Negro Residential Patterns in Atlanta, Georgia, 1860-1983, and Their Impact on Public School Mixing.
Peer reviewedBarnes, Annie S. – Integrated Education, 1983
Examines the role of Black real estate brokers and financiers in shaping Black residential patterns in the Atlanta area. Argues that Black expansion into formerly White neighborhoods has not contributed significantly to racial school mixing and that the development of an integrated busing system is needed. (KH)
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Housing Discrimination, Neighborhood Integration
Crowson, Robert L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1977
The result, for those seeking a metropolitanwide solution to school desegregation, is that neither Milliken nor the implementation of Gautreaux offers very much hope for the near future. (Author)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Capps, Randy; Passel, Jeffrey S.; Perez-Lopez, Daniel; Fix, Michael – 2003
This guidebook is designed to help local policy makers, program implementers, and advocates use U.S. Census and other data sources to identify immigrant populations in their local communities (their characteristics, contributions, and needs). It lists relevant data sources, the information contained in each, where they can be located, and software…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, English (Second Language), Family Characteristics, Immigrants
Peer reviewedScott, Richard B. – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1983
Data from the 1970 census indicated that Blacks in low percentage Black neighborhoods had higher incomes, a greater probability of working wives, and higher educational levels than those in high percentage Black neighborhoods. Discriminant analysis suggested that social psychological factors may mediate demographic factors in Blacks' decisions to…
Descriptors: Blacks, Discriminant Analysis, Educational Attainment, Family Characteristics
