This report provides a demographic analysis of immigration to the United States and California, using information from the Immigration and Naturalization Service annual reports and digital database for 1990-98. It features details on the Asian immigrant population for the 1990s. From 1820-1998, about 62 million immigrants came to America. Nearly…

This report provides data on enrollments in Minnesota postsecondary institutions. It has four parts: (1) five-year summaries, which includes total headcount, full-time and part-time, male and female, and new entering student enrollments; (2) residence, including county, state, and foreign country; (3) distribution by year of high school…

This report presents preliminary data for 1999 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age, race, and Hispanic origin of the mother. Data on marital status, prenatal care, cesarean delivery, and low birthweight rate are also presented. Data are based on a more than 97% sample of births for 1999. The crude birth rate in…

This factbook is a retrospective of the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1996 through 1998 and includes many data tables and figures. It provides answers to many of the most commonly asked questions about the campus and serves as a source of comparative information over time. Detailed information is provided in the following categories:…

It was the purpose of this study to identify functional parameters of large-city, public school research bureaus. It was anticipated that the emergence of those dimensions would provide a basis for future functional comparisions. (Author)

The purpose of this study is to assess continuing education needs of registered nurses in Iowa to provide more purposeful planning to meet their developmental needs. (Author)

With the aging of the baby-boom generation, the growth of the labor force will slow, but its diversity will increase. (Author)

THIS REPORT, THE THIRD OF THREE REPORTS INITIATED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (YDP), DISCUSSES PATTERNS OF MOBILITY AMONG 798 SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM 11 SELECTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SIX OF THESE SCHOOLS WERE IN LOW-INCOME, HIGH-DELINQUENCY "TARGET" AREAS. FIVE WERE LOCATED IN MIDDLE-CLASS, LOW-DELINQUENCY AREAS AND…

This report contains estimates for families, unrelated individuals, and persons by money income and poverty status for the United States, the Northeast region of the U.S., and the divisions and states within the region. The estimates were obtained from the Survey of Income and Education (SIE), which was conducted between April and July 1976 by the…

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODOLOGY USED IN DYNAMOD II TO PROJECT BIRTHS AND DEATHS IS PRESENTED. THE COMPUTATION OF DEATH RATES FOLLOWED THE METHOD USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, MORTALITY DIVISION--DEATH RATE FOR AGE INTERVAL I THROUGH J EQUALS SUMMATION OF NUMBER OF DEATHS AT AGES I THROUGH J/SUMMATION OF POPULATION…

THIS NOTE DESCRIBES THE PROCEDURES USED IN DETERMINING DYNAMOD II AGE TRANSITION MATRICES. A SEPARATE MATRIX FOR EACH SEX-RACE GROUP IS DEVELOPED. THESE MATRICES WILL BE USED AS AN AID IN ESTIMATING THE TRANSITION PROBABILITIES IN THE LARGER DYNAMOD II MATRIX RELATING AGE TO OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES. THREE STEPS WERE USED IN THE PROCEDURE--(1)…

A statistical report provides data from 1956 to 1966 on city-wide in-and-out-migration, the migration balance, and the total city-wide movement of the pupil population in New York City. Findings are presented in 24 tables. (NH)

Vital rate estimates for Canadian Registered Indians were presented in this paper. The population under age one in a particular year becomes the population one year old the following year. When this information was examined for 10 years, it was found that there was an increase in survivors from year to year, and that there were inconsistencies…

Discusses the role of book reviews in library periodical literature and profiles review writers based on a study of 1,305 reviews published from 1987 to 1989. Information related to sex, occupation, affiliation, and geographic location of the reviewers is provided, and recommendations for further research are given. (34 references) (LRW)