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Lichter, Daniel T.; And Others – 1983
The 1970's ushered in widespread population deconcentration, seen in the pervasive shift of the United States population down the size-of-place scale. To document population changes in various sized places in the country from 1950 to 1980 and to show the pervasiveness of urban-rural deconcentration in nonmetropolitan areas, researchers examined…
Descriptors: Demography, Metropolitan Areas, Population Distribution, Population Growth
Beale, Calvin L.; And Others – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Analyzes fertility information for the United States noting characteristics of counties with high and low fertility rates. Compares birth rates for rural and smalltown (nonmetro) women with urban and suburban (metro) women noting that young nonmetro women no longer intend to have families larger than those of metro women. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Definitions, Demography, Family Size
Hwang, Sean-Shong; Murdock, Steve H. – 1986
To explain the migration turnaround of the 1970s, it has been suggested that the United States may be approaching an equilibrium state in the exchange of populations between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. As metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas have become more similar in population composition and industrial and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Employment Patterns, Hypothesis Testing
Download full textMcNamara, Kevin T.; And Others – 1986
An economic model of educational supply and demand was tested using cross-sectional data for the 95 Virginia county school districts. Three equations were hypothesized: (1) the quantity supply functions; (2) the quantity demand function; and (3) the quality demand function. The variables in the equations are education expenditures, percent of 9th…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, County School Districts, Definitions
McGranahan, David A. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Whatever migration patterns evolve, changes in the age structure mean that rural communities in general can expect fairly stable elementary school population, reduced high school population, slower growth in new business and employment, and continued increase in the elderly population. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Age Groups, Birth Rate, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education
Cornwell, Gretchen T.; Thorsen, Jenny S. – 1985
Data from the 1980, 1970, and 1960 censuses were used to describe Pennsylvania's rural women and to compare them with urban women and, in some instances, men. In Pennsylvania in 1980, just 1 rural woman in 25 lived on a farm. These women were more educated, more active in the labor force, and somewhat better paid than their counterparts in 1960…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
Ward, Annette A.; Murray, Leigh W. – 1985
This research examined student demographic (gender, ethnicity, grades, and previous home economics experience) and geographic (rural/urban school locale and individual school) factors that may be related to performance on a statewide New Mexico achievement test under development in the home economics subject matter area of consumer education and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Education, Demography
