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Download full textHuang, Gary; Holt, Albert – 1995
This guide aims to facilitate research and policy analysis in rural education by linking substantive issues to the data sources of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The guide may be used in two ways: as a handy tool for scanning NCES data that are presented with immediately applicable issues; and to stimulate, with sample…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Databases, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Hofmeyr, B. E.; Mostert, W. P. – 1989
This report presents demographic data for four racial populations in South Africa (Blacks, Whites, Coloureds, and Asians) and examines trends in the aging of each of these populations. The age structure of a population is determined most directly by fertility and mortality. The findings of this report support a general theory to the effect that…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedTien, 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
Hodgkinson, Harold – 1993
Demographic profiles of the six SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) states provide narrative and statistical information and identify common themes, priorities, and goals to fulfill the mission of improving education in the Southeast. Descriptions of the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South…
Descriptors: Change, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Crime
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1990
The Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) annually summarizes the district's dropout statistics for grades 7 through 12. This report contains the school-year and annual dropout counts for high school for the past six years, 1983-84 through 1988-89, and for grades 7 and 8 for the past five…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Popwell, Emma Pace – 1987
The study explored whether combinations of child care arrangements and sociodemographic characteristics were associated with kindergarten readiness, similar to the common effects for formal preschool intervention programs. The profile of preschool nonattenders was compared to kindergarten students within the same school who attended formal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers
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
Larson, Elizabeth J. Hunt; Schrankel, Philipp Stephen – 1986
Planning to meet the needs of the future is a critical concern of an Arizona school district. The Mesa Action Planning System (MAPS) provides a framework for community involvement with a 200-member community-based planning committee, selected from constituent groups, and a 12-member steering committee. The planning committee will receive a summary…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Coordination, Decision Making
Ashenfelter, Orley; And Others – 1986
There is no difference in principle between developing and developed countries in deciding whether it is desirable to collect panel data. However, there are many relevant circumstantial differences in developing countries. A number of aspects of the collection and use of panel data from developing country households are reviewed. Sampling issues…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Demography, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC. Research Div. – 1981
Several specific objectives have had wide recognition in the arts community, namely: to broaden the audience for the performing arts, to determine the applicability of sophisticated tools of marketing to the problem of generating demand for the arts, to find the best predictors of arts attendance, and to develop strategies that will appeal to…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Audiences, Cultural Activities, Demography
Staff in Public Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, and School Systems, Fall 1984. OERI Bulletin.
Center for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1987
In fall 1984, about 3.9 million full-time equivalent (FTE) staff personnel were employed in public elementary and secondary schools in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This is a decrease of 0.4 percent, or about 1,600 employees, from FTE staff employed in fall 1983. This bulletin gives the number of staff in FTE's and reports the data…
Descriptors: Administrators, Data, Definitions, Demography
Cimperman, Ruth M. – 1986
The female higher education administrator was chosen as the subject of study because of the lack of data on women administrators' views of their own leadership behavior and their history of low status. Recent literature on leadership and gender has supported the concept that an effective leader cannot be defined by gender or gender-related traits.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Demography, Females, Higher Education
Knop, Edward, Comp.; And Others – 1978
Because migration trends in the West and their consequences have sometimes served as indicators of what other regions can expect, it is important that such trends and effects be monitored and analyzed. This bulletin describes patterns of migration, assesses individual and family and social considerations in western migration, and discusses policy…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Demography, Employment Patterns, Family Mobility
Michie, Joan S.; Moore, Mary T. – 1985
Descriptive profiles of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I/Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1 programs are presented for each state and the District of Columbia. Where possible, comparisons are made between the 1979-80 school year and the most recent year for which data are available. States are ranked from highest…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Bredeweg, Frank H. – 1984
The National Catholic Educational Association's historical data (since 1968-69) and current data on schools are presented and their significance and implications discussed. The data include national population, birth rate, and age trends; enrollment trends in public and private schools; and enrollment trends in private schools by religious…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
