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Steeh, Charlotte; Schuman, Howard – American Journal of Sociology, 1992
Reports results of a study examining racism among young white adults using 12 racial policy questions. Evaluates cohort effects and events of the period in shaping racial attitudes. Discusses the effects of education and school desegregation on racial attitudes. Concludes that racial tolerance and liberalism are not decreasing. (DK)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Cohort Analysis, Desegregation Effects
International Planned Parenthood Federation, London (England). – 1985
The age at which women marry and bear chldren can influence their health and well-being and that of their chi dren. This fact is at the heart of the analysis contained in this document which was a result of a study of the World Fertility Survey (WFS) and other data pertaining to global demographics. The document is comprised of seven sets of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Birth Rate, Cohort Analysis, Demography
Brazziel, William F. – 1988
This paper examines the changing demographics of American society and the impact of these changes on higher education. Discussions include a historical background of early American demography, the building and expansion of the population base, and census changes through various generations of the baby boom years and beyond. Next, the report…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Baby Boomers, Birth Rate, Census Figures