Changes in national demographics have altered how we define community. The community may be a geographic area of home life, a place for coming together voluntarily, or an association of people with similar interests and values. New communities must develop their own infrastructures and capacities for sustaining themselves. (SLD)

This publication offers a demographic and socioeconomic profile of Puerto Ricans in the mainland United States as of 1990. A section on population analyzes size, growth, and geographic distribution. A section on demographic characteristics covers age composition, sex composition, and household structure and marital status. A section on…

Presenting state demographic data from the 1990 Census, this report provides information on the characteristics of Oregon residents 16 years and older who lack a high school diploma or equivalent and are not enrolled in school. The first part of the report provides a discussion of methodology and results and indicates that data were gathered from…

Dunlap, Kansas, identified as a stereotypical dying small town in a 1962 study, was restudied in 1974-75 in an effort to test the dying small town hypothesis (supported only by aggregate census data and casual observation rather than by specific studies). Researchers using unobtrusive observation of Dunlap and seven nearby unincorporated villages,…

This report provides an overview of school desegregation efforts in Boston, Massachusetts. Background information on the city and its school system is provided. Included are demographic statistics about the Boston area, a description of the major components of the educational structure at the local and State level, a review of the history of…

This bibliography deals with ethnic settlement patterns in urban areas. The emphasis is on factors that determine initial settlement, subsequent intraurban migration and community growth, and their relationship with the more general questions of urban structure and growth. The selection is by no means exhaustive, and was not compiled in any…

The first phase of a longitudinal research project, "Assessing Rural Communities' Viability and Associated Factors Under Conditions of Population Change," was conducted in 1975 in eight Utah communities (Panguitch, Richfield, Salina, Delta, Moab, Duchesne, Roosevelt, and Vernal) to provide useful information for planners, researchers,…

The first settlements in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, were the 14th century Tewa Indian Pueblos, autonomous socio-economic units based on agriculture. Similar Hispano villages were founded by colonists beginning in the late 16th century and continuing to the early 19th century, when the Chama Valley was used increasingly as a trade route. After…

This document contains the working report case studies of five urban school districts studied to determine the role of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), Title IV of the Civil Rights Act, and Title IV enforcement by the Office of Civil Rights in school desegregation. Desegregation processes were examined in Dayton, Ohio, San Francisco,…

In determining the feasibility of establishing a new, two-year community college in St. Tammany's Parish to serve a three parish area, this study examined data on socioeconomic and population descriptions of the proposed service area; follow-up studies of high school students for previous years; and area high school and post-high school programs…

This report presents the results of a community survey conducted to determine whether the Fort Bend schools were providing the kind of school services the community really wanted. The information was obtained by conducting a random opinion survey of community members, parents, teachers, and students. The report comprises a summary of attitudes…

Before the implications of ethnic pluralism for social behavior and attitudes can be understood, some idea of the extent of diversity among ethnic groups is necessary. This paper provides data on the ethnic groups who reside in the center of three of Connecticut's largest cities: Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. The degree of similarity and…

Background: Disadvantaged communities are increasingly the target for interventions. Sure Start was launched in England in 1999 to tackle child poverty and improve child and family services, with Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs) targeted at relatively small areas of marked deprivation. However, they are located in a range of different types of…

A survey of young physicians in rural areas was conducted and information was gathered from other data sources and analyzed for three main purposes: (1) to evaluate the retention of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) alumni in Health Manpower Shortage Areas (HMSAs); (2) to document the distribution of NHSC alumni, Private Practice Option (PPO)…

Whether considered as Asian Americans or as a distinct minority group, the Samoans in the United States are ignored by social program planners. The study reported in this document was designed to provide baseline data on the needs of the Samoan community in southern California. Such information as household size, sex and age distributions of…