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Ingersol, Richard M.; Merrill, Elizabeth; Stuckey, Daniel; Collins, Gregory – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2018
Has the elementary and secondary teaching force changed in recent years? And, if so, how? Have the types and kinds of individuals going into teaching changed? Have the demographic characteristics of those working in classrooms altered? This report summarizes the results of an exploratory research project that investigated what trends and changes…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Characteristics, Diversity (Faculty)
Cook, Traci; Kappeler, Evelyn; Ellis, Renee; Kominski, Robert; Cooper, Alexia; Smith, Erica; Donoghue, Brecht; Whitestone, Yuko; Snyder, Tom; Aud, Susan; Williamson, Lisa; Henderson, Steve; Steffen, Barry; Madans, Jennifer; Lukacs, Susan; Pastor, Patricia; Goldstrom, Ingrid; Han, Beth; Bures, Regina; Chamberlain, Seth; Despain, Jason; Chadwick, Laura; Park, Jennifer – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2014
The well-being of young adults in the United States today remains an area of key interest to the public and policy-makers alike. This age group faces the well-known challenges of achieving financial and social independence while forming their own households at a time of greater economic uncertainty than in the past. Better understanding of the…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Individual Needs, Achievement, Well Being
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Papasolomontos, Christina; Christie, Tom – Educational Research, 1998
Review of research using data from five British national demographic surveys showed that secondary analyses occurred less often in education; such analyses focused on the effect of educational qualifications on employment; and some data remain relatively unexploited. (SK)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Databases, Demography, Educational Attainment
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Bowles, Gladys K. – Phylon, 1976
Presents some summary information from the current study by the United States Department of Agriculture and the University of Georgia. Attention is focused on the needs for job developments in non metropolitan areas if traditional migration patterns are to be halted or reversed and the particular requirements for women in the face of their…
Descriptors: Demography, Labor Force, Labor Supply, Metropolitan Areas
Rosenfeld, Carl; And Others – 1975
A nationwide sample survey was conducted in Janurary 1973 to investigate the job search methods workers used and their effectiveness. Prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Manpower Administration in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census, the survey covered nearly 16 million employed wage and salary workers 16 years of age and…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment Services, Individual Characteristics, Job Applicants
Medley, Carol – 1979
National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Force Experience (NLS) data were used to describe those people who work outside the traditional 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. work day. Depending on the approximate time of day they worked, respondents were classified into four categories of workers: day, evening, night, and split shift (working hours interrupted by…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Demography, Employees
Hauser, Robert M.; Featherman, David L. – 1975
This paper focuses on changes in the occupational levels of black and white men in the decade between 1962 and 1973. For each race taken separately, and then for both in comparison, shifts are described in the mean levels and a dispersion of occupational socioeconomic status of men in the experienced civilian labor force. An attempt is made, it is…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, Demography, Economic Factors
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1974
Reflecting the philosophy and policy of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education, the report first examines the adult basic education (ABE) target group from the vantage point of the discipline of economics, focusing on: educational attainment and occupation distribution; education, mobility, and occupation; technology and increasing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Lowe, Graham S. – 2001
The Human Resources in Government project examined the impact of extensive downsizing and restructuring in Canada's public service sector and sought innovative ways of making Canada's governments "employers of choice." The project focused on Canada's federal government and the governments of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals), Case Studies