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Metzler, William H. – 1964
To investigate the effect of technological change upon farm labor use, a stratified random sample of 696 farm workers from a population of 12,215 in Kern County, California, provided a basis for analysis. Some major findings were: (1) The high peak of seasonal labor use has been eliminated, (2) The need for migratory labor is decreasing, (3)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Trends, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Raushenbush, Elizabeth Brandeis – 1968
A review of State and Federal activities relative to migrant labor problems presents a backdrop for the report of Wisconsin's Governor's Committee on Migratory Labor for the years 1966-67. The review includes summary data on the migrants and the programs provided in Wisconsin since 1945. The current report contains data on migrant population and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Census Figures, Economic Factors, Federal Legislation
Clawson, Marion – 1968
A comprehensive view of agriculture is presented in this volume written to aid critical re-examination of long-range agricultural policy. Farm people, rural institutions and services, rural towns, the spatial organization of agriculture, and its capital structure, in addition to the usual subjects of agricultural output, demand, trade, price, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Agriculture, Farm Labor, History
Taeuber, Karl E. – 1974
In this retrospective review of demographic aspects of race and the metropolis, presented as a basis from which to speculate about the 1970's, the period of mass migration of blacks out of the rural South is seen as drawing to a close. The U.S. black population is more urban and more metropolitan than the white population. The development of black…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Demography, Housing Needs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1971
This monograph on Negro employment in the Memphis labor market is part of a federally sponsored project on Negro employment in the South which seeks to present the latest information on both the racial employment patterns and the factors responsible for perpetuating or for changing those patterns. As part of a doctoral dissertation, a comparison…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Employment, Career Development, Doctoral Dissertations
Photiadis, John D.; And Others – 1974
The purposes of this paper are to (1) present a theoretical background on the reasons for the hastened exodus of rural Appalachians and (2) describe occupational patterns of Appalachians and, in particular, West Virginians in Cleveland, Ohio. The data presented were secured in 1967 by a survey of West Virginians living in the so-called Appalachian…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment Patterns, Income, Job Satisfaction
Groves, Robert H.; McCormick, Robert W. – 1976
This study was designed to compare farm brothers who stayed in the rural areas of Ohio with urban brothers who migrated to large metropolitan areas of Ohio. The objectives were (1) to identify and compare selected characteristics of farm owners or operators who stayed on a farm in the Appalachian region of Ohio with selected characteristics of…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Research, Family Mobility, Farmers
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Philips, B. U.; And Others – Journal of Allied Health, 1978
A survey of migration patterns for 122 allied health graduates from colleges and hospitals in south Texas showed serious shortages of health care to depressed, ethnic, and rural areas. The paper discusses possible correction for this maldistribution through community recruitment of indigenous personnel. (MF)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Geographic Distribution
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Gillett, James Stephen – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1987
Historical forces and factors affecting the development of Canada's bilingual programs for ethnic minorities include changing immigration policies, a decline in Anglo-conformism and growth in multiculturalism, fears about native language maintenance and second language learning, and language and cultural attitudes in second language learning. (MSE)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational History, Educational Policy
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Preston, Rosemary – Comparative Education, 1987
Studies education's relationship to migration by examining migratory patterns and educational characteristics of those who had moved and chosen not to move in three mestizo and two Indian communities. Shows that much variance in migration that appears to be explained by educational experiences is a product of preexistent background variables. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indians, Comparative Education, Demography
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Frey, William H. – American Sociological Review, 1984
Adopting the demographer's cohort-component projection model, this study examines migration patterns for six cities. The results show that White and Black lifecourse migration patterns have become more alike in the post-1970 period; yet, significant racial disparities still exist. Thus, recent migration patterns do not imply eventual metropolitan…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Cohort Analysis, Family Mobility, Inner City
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Morokvasic, Mirjana – International Migration Review, 1984
Introduces a special issue on women and migration. Discusses immigrant women's participation within the world labor market, the ideologies affecting them, the effects of migration on sex roles and family patterns, and women's reasons for migration. Also discusses sex biases in research and policymaking concerning migration. (KH)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Family Relationship
City Univ. of New York, NY. Office of the Chancellor. – 1995
This monograph analyzes the effects of recent trends in immigration from foreign countries and migration from Puerto Rico on the makeup of the City University of New York (CUNY) student body and provides preliminary assessments of related educational needs. An introduction describes the research for the study which included census data, other…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Demography, Enrollment Trends, Futures (of Society)
Blakely, Edward J.; Bradshaw, Ted K. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1981
Discusses implications of population turnaround, reverse migration for societal polarization, human resources based economy, and rural/urban segmentation on the new socioeconomic role of rural areas. Identifies an interrelated public policy model composed of local community, human resources, technical inputs, and integrating institutions to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Change, Community Development, Economic Change
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Bruse, Rudolf – Rural Sociology, 1979
Describing dominant patterns of social mobility and analyzing factors determining educational and occupational attainment in farm and nonfarm sectors, this article investigates whether farm background is a handicap to status attainment in nonfarm sectors and examines the determinants of occupational status of farmers' sons in the nonfarm sector.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Characteristics, Farmers, Migration Patterns
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