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Benson, Joyce – 1984
A structural approach which focuses on social and economic conditions under which poverty exists and which de-personalizes causes is used to study the extent and trends of poverty in general and Maine in particular. The 1980 Census reported that 13% of Maine's population was poor, but since income in Maine is generally low many people fall in and…
Descriptors: Demography, Dual Career Family, Employed Women, Low Income States
Hwang, Sean-Shong; Albrecht, Don E. – 1985
A 1983 survey of Texas homebuyers reveals a high degree of mismatch between the preferred and actual residence of homebuyers. Such mismatch is examined using social/psychological, life-cycle, racial, socioeconomic, and occupational factors as possible explanations. Questionnaires mailed to a stratified random sample of 960 homebuyers across 12…
Descriptors: Demography, Homeowners, Housing, Metropolitan Areas
Colman, Rosalie Marson; And Others – 1988
The Connecticut Haitian American community has recently become large enough and sufficiently well established to develop programs to assist economic and educational development in the Republic of Haiti. Southern Connecticut became a destination for large numbers of Haitian emigrants and political refugees in the 1950s, in 1964, and again in 1971.…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Role, Cultural Awareness, Ethnic Groups