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Download full textSatterlee, James L.; Riley, Marvin P. – 1972
A sample of 120 low-income families receiving food commodities in 3 eastern South Dakota counties provided a socio-demographic overview of family characteristics; tested the Culture of Poverty approach for classifying rural, low-income families; tested the homogeneity among these families; and presented implications for policy-making and program…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Federal Programs, Heads of Households
Price, Daniel O. – 1969
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,…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitudes, Blacks, Economic Factors
Coleman, A. Lee; Gabbard, Anne V. – 1974
As part of a larger study aimed at assessing how local people view recent changes and development programs in four Eastern Kentucky counties (Harlan, Perry, Whitley, and Wolfe), a survey on perceived quality of life was conducted. Data were derived from personal interviews with selected local leaders (varying from 21 to 33 interviews per county)…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Change Agents, Community Leaders
McCann, Glenn C. – 1961
The purposes of this 1961 study were to identify attitudes and goals of farm people in low income areas and to relate these factors and selected social and personal factors to patterns of adjustment to economic and situational conditions. The sample for the study consisted of 296 farm families in Watauga County, North Carolina. Results of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, Educational Background, Family Characteristics
Linder, William W. – 1969
A Cooperative Extension Service action program in seven Mississippi counties, utilizing a nonprofessional approach to reach disadvantaged families with educational programs, is reviewed. Subprofessionals were utilized as systemic links between professional adult educators (home economists) and disadvantaged clientele. The report is divided into…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Change Agents
Stokley, Gary M.; Deseran, Forrest A. – 1977
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, American Indians, Attitudes
