Determining Catch-Up Time of Demographic Subgroups in Jury, Educational, or Work Situations.

Winick, Charles; Swanson, Eric

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Publication Date: 1985

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Determining Catch-Up Time of Demographic Subgroups in Jury, Educational, or Work Situations.

Winick, Charles; Swanson, Eric

Journal of Intergroup Relations, v13 n1 p53-54 Spr 1985

Presents a formula for determining catch-up time in cases of alleged discrimination in education, work, and other situations. Defines "catch-up time" as the number of years that would be required for a specific subgroup in the general population to assume a desired proportion of the total composition of the targeted group. (KH)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Personnel Integration, Racial Balance, Ratios (Mathematics)

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