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Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD.
Nine pamphlets comprise this college-level curriculum support package about 1970 census data. "Teacher's Guide: Approaches to Census Data" describes unit objectives, discusses student materials and other publications the teacher may need, and suggests class exercises. A workbook for students gives an overview of 1970 census subject…
Descriptors: Community Size, Data, Data Collection, Demography
Beale, Calvin L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Examines and explains unexpected population trends since 1970: substantial rural and small-town growth, regional shifts to the South and West, lower birth rates, increased life expectancy, smaller household size, and population growth from immigration. Illustrates how demographic events offer classic examples of the difficulty of predicting human…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Family Size, Immigrants, Long Range Planning
Morris, Lynne Clemmons – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1984
Analyzes population redistribtuion over last decade, focusing on changed rates of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan population growth. Discusses changes produced by migration processes: growing proximity of rural and urban areas; changing nonmetropolitan community age composition; differences in population migration patterns among occupational…
Descriptors: Age, American Indians, Blacks, Census Figures
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Tucker, C. Jack – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1984
Analysis of Current Population Survey data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census contradicts the popular allegation of significant population returns to central cities from suburbs. On the contrary, data reveal a continuation of the decades-old trend of migration away from metropolitan areas. (KH)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Metropolitan Areas, Migration Patterns, Population Trends
Dominguez, Virginia R.; Dominguez, Jorge I. – 1981
This booklet examines the historical roots from which today's Caribbean societies evolved, and the wide variety of social, economic and political entities that make up the Caribbean region today. Separate chapters discuss and compare the economies of the region, its political systems, and the increasingly important phenomenon of Caribbean…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Immigration
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Tienda, Marta – Social Problems, 1983
Highlights the complex relationship between earnings, nativity, and national origin among Hispanic men. States that human capital characteristics, notably education, work experience, and English language proficiency, significantly influence annual log earnings for all groups, but the patterns of effects depend on nativity and national origin.…
Descriptors: Education, Ethnic Distribution, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants
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Sternlieb, George; Hughes, James W. – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1983
Economic and demographic changes in the central city have created two conflicting urban groups: (1) the poor, who seek inexpensive housing and greater welfare expenditures; and (2) the elite, who seek neighborhood improvement, fewer housing units, and more environment-enhancing investments. Reconstruction of urban America requires a reconciliation…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economically Disadvantaged, Housing Needs, Inner City
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Kamin, Leon J. – Intelligence, 1980
Wolff has recently reinterpreted the data of Lee to indicate that Black migration from the south to Philadelphia had been selective in an IQ-relevant manner. However, Wolff's deduction from Lee's data is shown to depend entirely upon an assumption about cumulative IQ deficit in southern Black children. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Black Students, Elementary Education, Environmental Influences
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Wolff, Joseph L. – Intelligence, 1980
Kamin has contended that arguments presented in Wolff are too weak to justify selective migration. Although Kamin's critique points up the need for closer scrutiny of the cumulative-deficit phenomenon, it fails to refute Wolff's conclusion that selective migration is partly responsible for the North-South Black IQ differential. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Black Students, Elementary Education, Environmental Influences
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Gordon, Jean; Jallade, Jean-Pierre – European Journal of Education, 1996
A study of the mobility of students among the larger population of all foreign university students registered in European Union universities in academic 1993-94 found net outflows of students in several countries and some imbalances, by country, in gender distribution of mobile students. Implications for future trends in spontaneous (that is, not…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
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Nyborg, Per – European Journal of Education, 1996
Patterns in college student mobility between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden are examined, with attention given to challenges posed by having three of these countries within the European Union and two outside it. The role of several formal agreements is discussed, and implications for policy needs concerning interinstitutional and/or…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
Gibbs, Robert M.; Cromartie, John B. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1994
A comparison of outmigration and inmigration rates for nonmetropolitan counties during 1985-90 reveals that high levels of outmigration in rural areas among young adults are mitigated by inmigration of this age group; that net outmigration is more severe among college-educated young people; and that high net-loss counties are distinguished by low…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Counties, Educational Attainment, Migration Patterns
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Frey, William H. – Urban Studies, 1995
Examines migration dynamics for metropolitan areas that suggest immigration and internal migration processes are leading to a greater demographic balkanization--a spatial segmentation of the population by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status across metropolitan areas. A brief overview of migration at the state level is also provided. (GR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Immigration, Migration
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Johnson, James H., Jr. – Urban League Review, 1990
Presents a geographical analysis of African American migration estimates compiled by the Census Bureau for the 1980-85 period. Argues that structural changes in employment opportunities and the housing affordability crisis in some of the nation's largest metropolitan areas are the dominant forces influencing current African American population…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Demography, Employment Opportunities
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Mahran, Maher – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1993
Argues that neither socioeconomic development plans which ignore population questions nor population education in isolation can succeed. Discusses the role of education in reducing population growth. Provides examples from population education programs in Egypt. (DMM)
Descriptors: Demography, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach
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