A survey of inner-city Indian adults was undertaken by 165 students enrolled in an American Social Welfare class at the University of Minnesota. That survey resulted in 100 contacts with Indian adults in Minneapolis and the summarization of their characteristics as related to educational attainment and occupational category. In addition, attitudes…

This article recognizes that money is a key problem in retirement and takes the approach that a review of past satisfactions and of future hopes is the best starting point in sound financial planning. Planning aids and worksheets are included. (Author/MLF)

This article explores considerations important to decisions about future living arrangements. It examines a number of factors that influence decisions about living arrangements. Emphasis is on recognition of the personal considerations that will affect individual satisfaction. (Author/MLF)

This is the second volume of a study that evaluated rural migration patterns of Mexican Americans, Negroes, and Anglo-Americans who moved from the Southern States to urban areas. Six of the 14 chapters in the report are included in this volume, covering analysis of occupational distribution among white collar, blue collar and semiskilled,…

Data derived from heads of households (50% American Indian, 10% black and 40%white) living in a large (a 25% sample) and a small rural (a 50% sample) Louisiana community were used in conjunction with a pictorial survey of the respondents' houses to evaluate satisfaction with housing in terms of both objective and subjective housing indicators. The…

Economic analysis of the quality of life in America must consider personal values and social indicators as well as economic indicators. Although the technical procedures and statistical techniques of economic research are constantly improving, the validity of the research is hampered by problems of definition and measurement. Definition and…