This study investigated the relationship of kindergarten entrance age to academic achievement at the end of grades one through five, and the influence of gender, race, and family income on student achievement. A total of 185 students who attended a Cooperative Demonstrative Kindergarten during 1979-82 and remained in the Starkville (Mississippi)…

American schools will be at risk until they allow all students to achieve near their potential. Until then America is also at risk because the potential of minorities and of the underclass are not being fully developed, and because the nation's goals of social justice and economic growth are not being met. In a study that compared the scores of…

This paper reviews research studies dealing with the effects on families of changes in the labor force patterns of working mothers during the period from 1970 to l980. Research information is presented in a column format: the first column provides the study findings, the second points out the sources of the findings, and the third suggests…

Explained are the rationale and procedures for determining a college student's family's ability to contribute to payment of educational costs, as structured by the Congressional Budget Office. The problems of these calculations--including difficulties in obtaining enough information about state and local taxes, and possible changes in consumption…

Using multi-spell discrete time binary logistic regression, this study examined sequential occurrences of students' departures and returns over the period of six years. The model included time-invariant (gender, ethnicity, parents' educational attainment, family income, timing of matriculation, high school performance, and geographic origin) and…

In Australia, there has been growing concern about increasing income inequality, a possible accompanying increase in poverty rates, and how poverty impacts on the mental and physical well-being of children. This study analyzed Australian Bureau of Statistics income survey data to assess the extent of child poverty in Australia in 1995-1996.…

A survey was conducted of 111 certified school personnel from several school districts in northeastern Arkansas, to assess their attitudes toward claims for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for school-aged children. Respondents reported a significant increase in disability claims in the 1992-93 school year over the 1991-92 school year.…

This paper examines the impact of increasing service sector employment and decreasing manufacturing employment on the distribution of income across communities on the urban-rural continuum. Changes in the differential distribution of industries and family income across this continuum have important consequences for local services, including…

Children diagnosed with environmentally based failure to thrive early during their first year of life were seen at 12 and 18 months for assessment of psychological development (cognition, language, symbolic play, and behavior during testing). Based on a transactional model of outcome, factors reflecting biological vulnerability (wasting and…

The shifting structure of production agriculture in Louisiana, characterized by technological change and economic growth, has created problems for farmers, forcing them either to get large, get out of farming, or get off-farm work to survive. A survey of 142 farmers living in parishes surrounding the Baton Rouge metropolitan area indicates…

This report compares the relative adequacy of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan household income in Wisconsin. In 1981, 1,133 respondents completed the Wisconsin Basic Needs Survey, covering income, assets, debts, and taxes, filled out two-week diaries of food expenditures and small recurring expenses, and answered questions on perceived income…

Total family income is attributed either to marriage and to personal achievement (earnings) for both spouses, also taking account of the educational attainment of each. Data were taken from the 1973-1977 General Social Surveys conducted by the National Opinion Research Center. The research consisted of yearly interviews with approximately 1500…

A cross section of 40 Australian single parents was administered an 8-page, 30-item questionnaire designed to generate information about the differences between males and females. The questionnaire contained a variety of question types, including close-ended questions, open-ended questions, and checklists. Specifically, items dealt with…

This report describes the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver to section 1915 (c) of the Federal Social Security Act that was obtained by the New York State Office of Mental Health. The HCBS Waiver affects the services provided to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances. Three statutory requirements are included in…

In the 1950s, Puerto Ricans in the United States began to consolidate to gain more political power, and over the next three decades, many organizations were formed for this purpose. The National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (NCPRR) was created in the early 1980s to become a mass-membership, activist, civil and human rights organization.…