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Housing Conditions and Satisfactions of Central Appalachian Coal Miners.
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Goss, Rosemary Carucci; Day, Savannah S. – Home Economics Research Journal, 1985
Data on conditions of and satisfaction with housing of the Appalachian coal miner were examined to determine relationships between housing deprivation, housing satisfaction, and various demographic and housing characteristics. Using 438 questionnaires returned by miner families, findings revealed miners lacked some amenities enjoyed by workers of…
Descriptors: Demography, Housing Deficiencies, Housing Needs, Individual Characteristics
A Social Portrait of Age Cohorts in Post-Soviet Russia
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Beliaeva, L.A. – Russian Education and Society, 2006
The social changes that have taken place in the past fifteen years have had a powerful effect on the life trajectories and social expectations of people in different age groups in Russia. For the most part there are two terms that are used to identify these groups: age cohort (or age group) and generation. But the use of these terms in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Age Groups, Age Differences
The Burdens of Educational Loans: The Impacts of Debt on Job Choice and Standards of Living for Students at Nine American Law Schools.
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Chambers, David L. – Journal of Legal Education, 1992
Surveys of graduating students (n=336 and 917, respectively) at four lower-cost and five higher-cost law schools examined effects of various levels of student debt burden on career plans. High debt amounts were slightly related to taking a job in large private law firms. Debt burdens of one in five or six students was judged to be too high. (DB)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Debt (Financial), Employment Patterns, Higher Education