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Download full textBeck, E. M.; Madans, J. H. – 1975
In order to determine the effect of rural industrial development in an historically rural area of Illinois, a stratified area probability sample survey of 781 household heads in an area experiencing limited industrial development and of 315 household heads in an area lacking industrial development was conducted in 1966. The results of this survey…
Descriptors: Age, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Economic Change
LeRay, Nelson L.; Derr, Donn A. – 1978
Household socioeconomic characteristics in nonmetropolitan areas of the New England states and New Jersey were examined to determine if differences existed among communities according to their growth status--growing, stable, declining. Data for the regional analysis came from 2,141 interviews; chi-square was used to test for significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Employment
Bates, Timothy – 1976
Utilizing a data file extracted from the University of Michigan Survey Research Center's Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study examines the work experiences of a national sample of non-aged heads of households. This data source, which describes heads of households and structural characteristics of labor markets, is unique in that…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Employment Patterns, Heads of Households, Income
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
Peer reviewedMcEaddy, Beverly Johnson – Monthly Labor Review, 1976
This report describes the socioeconomic conditions of women who are heads of families noting that the accelerated growth of families headed by women in recent years, especially since 1970, has been of concern in part because one out of every three, as compared to one of every eighteen of the families headed by men, is living at or below what is…
Descriptors: Age, Economic Research, Employed Women, Employment
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1983
This report is based on the 1982 Current Population Survey data from the Bureau of Census and examines the declining status of female-headed households in the United States. The study concentrates on White, Black, and Hispanic women and their children. Factors associated with poverty are examined, including marital status, employment, and training…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment, Emotional Problems
Coughenour, C. Milton – 1975
Change and persistent problems in the quality of life of open-country families (n=317) in four eastern Kentucky counties (Harlan, Perry, Whitley, and Wolfe) were examined via comparison of data derived from surveys of household heads in 1961 and 1973. The 1961 survey provided data on occupations, income, level of living, and opinions re: the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Economic Change, Education
