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Peer reviewedTemplin, Vicki L. – Population Research and Policy Review, 1987
Reports on a study designed to define the demographic and career characteristics and the values of lawmakers in the United States and Canada. Discusses how this information was used to predict policy decisions. (TW)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Demography, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBlasi, Gary L. – Journal of Social Issues, 1990
Reviews prior research on homelessness and describes what remains to be done. Calls for greater attention to the socioeconomic causes of homelessness, its image in the media, and public attitudes toward the problem. (DM)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Attitudes, Demography, Homeless People
United Nations New York, NY. Dept. of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis. – 1995
This study aims to increase the understanding of the status of women with the focus on the living arrangements of women and their children, especially as they relate to economic development within the country. The present study is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1, "Household: An Overview," presents a global overview of the current…
Descriptors: Children, Culture, Demography, Developing Nations
Hudson, Heather E.; York, Lynn – 1984
Using data on the growth of information related businesses in Texas in the period from 1971 to 1981, this paper analyzes and interprets the results in the context of demographic changes and educational policy in Texas. To track the number of businesses that fall into the information sector, and to reveal trends in growth and in industry…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Employment Opportunities
Download full textTien, H. Yuan; And Others – Population Bulletin, 1992
China's herculean efforts to slow the increase of its giant population appear to have worked: the annual birth rate fell from about 35 births per 1,000 in the 1950s to 20 per 1,000 in the 1990s. This bulletin examines the development and consequences of the strict population planning control measures introduced in the 1970s, and strengthened in…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Family Planning, Family Size
Bernal, Elena M.; Cabrera, Alberto F.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – 2000
This study examined whether replacing race-based affirmative action admissions programs in higher education institutions with class-based programs would continue to assist minorities yet have the added benefit of helping poor and working class whites. Three National Center for Education Statistics longitudinal databases were examined to assess the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Desegregation Methods, Educational Discrimination
Richardson, William M.; And Others – 1985
This eighth annual issue is one of two companion reports that provide comprehensive information about Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools, for school system staff, the education board, county government, and public. This report offers general information and statistical data about schools, their staffs and students, and school…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, County School Districts, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment
