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Peer reviewedDeHaney, William T. – Gerontologist, 1987
Measured levels of living among 157 elderly family households in a plantation community. Found the level of living to be determined more by the plantation production system and the elderly's past patterns of economic participation than by the size of the completed family. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economic Status, Family Size, Foreign Countries
Grant, D. R. B. – 1974
This study, conducted by the Bernard Van Leer Foundation Project for Early Childhood Education (PECE), presents the results of a survey which was carried out to identify home deficits in socioeconomically disadvantaged children's preparation for schooling. The study was conducted in Jamaica during July, August, and September, 1970, and was…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
Trowbridge, James W. – 1972
After a prolonged period of unplanned expansion and administrative neglect, Kingston is now suffering the social and physical consequences of unattended urbanization. Increasingly Kingston's problems in coping with its rapid urban growth are a deterrent to Jamaica's social and economic advancement, and this calls for greater efforts in…
Descriptors: Demography, Developing Nations, Housing, Industrialization
