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Download full textDavis, J. Michael; Saunders, John – 1975
Utilizing an ex-post-facto experimental design, all occupied households located within the rural area of Canton San Carlos in Costa Rica (La Fortuna) were studied in August of 1972 for purposes of testing the hypothesis that electricity use is positively associated with level of living. Interviews with 452 heads of households (when possible)…
Descriptors: Age, Correlation, Education, Electricity
Zaslavskaia, Tatiana Ivanovna; And Others – 1976
The prediction, planning and management of the social development of a rural region presupposed typologization of its communities. This study aimed to: build an overall social typology of the rural communities in Siberia; elucidate the role of employment structure among other type-forming factors of social differentiation; build a special typology…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Community Change, Community Development
Inter-American Foundation, Rosslyn, VA. – 1988
This annual report from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), a federal development agency, includes letters from foundation officials describing the IAF-funded work in poverty areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. The report describes IAF's In-Country Support System (ICS), staffed by local professionals who assist grantees and report their…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Annual Reports, Community Development, Developing Nations
Coleman, A. Lee, Comp.; And Others – 1973
As part of a larger study prepared to provide local leaders with information on socioeconomic characteristics and household attitudes in four Kentucky counties, this databook on Perry County is compiled from 1961 (open country area) and 1973 (open country and nonopen country area) surveys. The sampling procedure involved a random selection of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Family (Sociological Unit), Heads of Households
Coleman, A. Lee, Comp.; And Others – 1973
As part of a larger study prepared to provide local leaders with information on socioeconomic characteristics and household attitudes in four Kentucky counties, this databook on Whitley County is compiled from 1961 (open country area) and 1973 (open country and nonopen country area) surveys. The sampling procedure involved a random selection of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Family (Sociological Unit), Heads of Households
Coleman, A. Lee, Comp.; And Others – 1973
As part of a larger study prepared to provide local leaders with information on socioeconomic characteristics and household attitudes in four Kentucky counties, this databook on Harlan County is compiled from 1961 (open country area) and 1973 (nonopen country area and open country area) surveys. The sampling procedure involved a random selection…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Family (Sociological Unit), Heads of Households
Coleman, A. Lee, Comp.; And Others – 1973
As part of a larger study prepared to provide local leaders with information on socioeconomic characteristics and household attitudes in four Kentucky counties, this databook on Wolfe County is compiled from 1961 (open country area) and 1973 (open country and nonopen country area) surveys. The sampling procedure involved a random selection of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Family (Sociological Unit), Heads of Households
