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Benson, Joyce – 1984
A structural approach which focuses on social and economic conditions under which poverty exists and which de-personalizes causes is used to study the extent and trends of poverty in general and Maine in particular. The 1980 Census reported that 13% of Maine's population was poor, but since income in Maine is generally low many people fall in and…
Descriptors: Demography, Dual Career Family, Employed Women, Low Income States
Download full textMcGranahan, David A.; And Others – 1986
Changes in social and economic characteristics of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area residents from 1970-80 are documented and compared with characteristics of the 1960s. Rural growth and change and rural-urban differences are emphasized in data on population, family, education, labor force, employment, income, poverty, and housing. All basic…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Economic Change, Educational Attainment
Katzman, Martin T.; Vandell, Deborah – 1981
This monograph documents the magnitude and likely prognosis of demographic changes in the 1970's and suggests the impact of these trends on the problems of early childhood education. The implications of this changing environment for designing a new Follow Through program are also examined. With respect to the changing demographic environment,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asian Americans, Birth Rate, Blacks
