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Download full textPrewitt Diaz, Joseph O. – 1994
The psychology of the Puerto Rican migrant to the United States mainland is explored. Puerto Ricans have been migrating to the U.S. mainland and returning to Puerto Rico for more than 125 years, and, in fact, approximately 57% of all Puerto Ricans have migrated at one time or another. The migrant experience, including the circular migration…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Foucher, Michel – 1995
This monograph, published as part of the project "A Secondary Education for Europe," offers some basic data on the contemporary human geography of the European continent, with a focus on central and eastern Europe. The document first describes civic issues in the teaching of geography and cartography of the new Europe. The basic…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
Hill, Jane H. – 1996
Theories of human migration have been invoked to account for the difference between large-scale spread of languages and linguistic elements, as opposed to small-scale local, residual distributions. The field of dialectology understands linguistic elements as distributed across human populations, with migration as only one possible mechanism of…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Anthropology, Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics
Taller Puertorriqueno, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1979
During the months from February 1977 to December 1978, Taller Puertorriqueno, Inc., conducted an oral history project to produce a cross-generational comparison of Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). The project was designed to train young people to be perceptive human beings who were sensitive to their environment and especially aware…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment Patterns, Family History, Housing
Giraldo, Fernando Urrea – 1982
This study analyzes the results of a survey conducted on the participation of Colombian migrant households in the New York City labor market and the occupational mobility of these men and women in that labor market. It focuses on the socioeconomic dimensions of their migration on three levels: (1) macroeconomic--concerning the New York City labor…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Demography, Economic Factors, Family Income
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1983
Student school enrollment patterns within six school districts in Texas, California, and Florida were reviewed to determine whether students classified as children of migratory agricultural workers were missing school and having their education disrupted because of their lifestyle. Using the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) forms,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Laborers, Attendance Patterns, Definitions
International Center for Research on Women, Washington, DC. – 1981
A study of women in migration in Third World countries since 1960 reveals that, contrary to assumptions, more women are migrating autonomously from rural to urban areas in an often unsuccessful effort to improve their economic status. The results of the study of migration patterns in Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, and the Middle…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Demography, Developing Nations
Duerr, Mark – 1986
Lack of data on California high school graduation and dropout rates prompted the development of a research method for determining graduation and dropout rates for the Region II Migrant Education enrolled high school Class of 1985. The most accurate method of estimating these rates was to track individual students through their high school years.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Golant, Stephen M. – 1986
An increasing number of studies have examined the movement patterns of older people between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in the United States. Most of these studies, however, have not considered whether the relocation patterns of older persons differ systematically from those of younger populations. The 1975-1980 migration stream and net…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Migration Patterns, Older Adults
Kogan, Deborah; Vencill, Mary – 1984
This final report describes and evaluates the Favorable Alternate Sites Project (FASP), developed in response to the oversettlement of refugees (particularly Southeast Asian refugees) in particular areas of the country. The project's goals were to reduce welfare dependency, increase the ability of FASP refugees to be self-supporting, and reduce…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Employment Opportunities, English (Second Language), Job Training
Brown, Warren A.; Zuiches, James J. – 1986
Based on data obtained from a 1985-86 mail survey of 666 current and former residents of New York State identified from Department of Motor Vehicle lists of licensed drivers, the study examines collective and independent contributions of social and economic bonds, residential preferences, and residential satisfaction on migration expectations of…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Expectation, Geographic Location, Homeowners
Heimlich, Joe E., Comp.; And Others – 1989
This booklet consists almost entirely of demographic data on Ohio presented in the form of charts and graphs. The information, for the most part, focuses on the period from 1980 to 1987 and is categorized into five sections: Population, Households, Families and Health; Employment; Income and Taxes; and Miscellaneous Ohio Information. Much of the…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Demography, Economic Research
Butz, William P.; And Others – 1982
This document examines trends in the United States population since World War II, and projects a scenario of how demographic and economic phenomena may evolve over the next several decades. The report is divided into five sections. Section 1 introduces the volume and discusses generally some of the effects of the nation's transition to zero…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Educational Policy, Family Size
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Urban and Regional Affairs. – 1984
This document presents a summary of major findings of the Hmong Resettlement Study, a national survey of the conditions, issues, and problems affecting Hmong resettlement in the United States. The summary is organized within the framework of three major questions: (1) what has been the resettlement experience of the Homng? (2) what resettlement…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community Problems, Cultural Traits, Economic Opportunities
City Univ. of New York, NY. Centro de Estudios Puertorriguenos. – 1980
Research in a Puerto Rican community in New York City was undertaken to explore the language climate in that community, which included the linguistic forms in use, their distribution and functions in daily life, community members' attitudes toward language, and the way in which language phenomena are influenced by various social factors. An…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Influences, English, Hispanic Americans
