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Geisler, Charles C.; Mitsuda, Hisayoshi – Rural Sociology, 1987
Data from 92 towns in northern New York were used to examine the influence of community social-class composition on both de facto and de jure discrimination against such housing. The positive influence of population growth on mobile-home occurrence was found to be conditioned by intercommunity class composition. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Economically Disadvantaged, Homeless People
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Gadomski, Anne; McLaud, Barbara; Lewis, Carol; Kjolhede, Chris – Journal of School Health, 1998
Evaluated the need for school-based health centers in rural New York state. Examination of existing data, community organizational activities, parent telephone surveys, school staff surveys, and focus groups with community members, school staff, and 6th- to 12th-grade students indicated that respondents had varying opinions about school-based…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Focus Groups
Brandau, Deborah M. – 1993
The findings of an ethnographic study of schooling and work in a small rural community in the Adirondack mountains of upstate New York are reported. More than half the school children in the community live in poverty. Research explores the relationships between patterns of adult work and the schooling of children, and between schooled and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives