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Fong, Pauline; Cabezas, Amado – Amerasia Journal, 1977
Taken from a paper on "The Economic and Employment Status of Asian Women in America" by Pauline Fong and Amado Cabezas of ASIAN, Inc., this brief analysis of statistics on Asian women indicates that highly educated Asian women do not have higher incomes or better jobs than many of those with less education.
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Economic Status, Educational Background, Employment Opportunities
Widgery, Robin N. – 1982
Research in 37 neighborhoods in Flint, Michigan, investigated the association between the extent of racial integration in a neighborhood and residents' satisfaction with, awareness of, and attitudes toward various aspects of neighborhood and community life. The influence of demographic factors was also examined. The degree of neighborhood…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Satisfaction
Long, Larry H.; Spain, Daphne – 1978
The purpose of this paper is to measure on a nationwide basis the proportion of annual (from 1967 to 1971) housing turnover that represented racial succession. Using data obtained from Current Population Surveys, particular emphasis is placed on how the rate of racial succession varied among regions and was different in cities, suburbs, and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Family Characteristics, Family Mobility
Banks, Vera J.; Beale, Calvin L. – 1972
Utilizing data obtained from the 1970 and 1966 June Enumerative Surveys, the U.S. farm population (both operator and nonoperator) was identified by race, tenure, and value of farm products. Data were analyzed in reference to the following questions: (1) How many and what proportion of farm people live on farms of adequate and/or marginal…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status
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Orser, W. Edward – International Journal of Oral History, 1984
Studied is a Baltimore, MD, neighborhood where the racial composition altered drastically over a period of 20 years. How Whites who lived through it interpreted that change is described. Why people saw, and now remember, aspects of change and not aspects of continuity are also examined. (RM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Interviews, Mobility, Neighborhood Integration
Fielding, Elaine L. – 1990
The 1980 United States Census showed a marked acceleration in the suburbanization of blacks during the 1970s. This study analyzes statistical data from the 1985 American Housing Survey (AHS) National and Metropolitan Files to determine if that pattern of acceleration continued in the 1980s. These sets of data also permitted racial and…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Blacks, Migration Patterns, Racial Distribution
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Lichter, Daniel T.; Heaton, Tim B. – Rural Sociology, 1986
Examines trends in racial composition of the nonmetropolitan southern United States from 1950-1980. Documents percentage changes of Blacks in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Examines uniformity of racial change across counties and over time. Investigates how patterns of White and Black population change have contributed to shifts in racial…
Descriptors: Blacks, Migration, Population Growth, Population Trends
Morris, Lynne Clemmons – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1984
Analyzes population redistribtuion over last decade, focusing on changed rates of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan population growth. Discusses changes produced by migration processes: growing proximity of rural and urban areas; changing nonmetropolitan community age composition; differences in population migration patterns among occupational…
Descriptors: Age, American Indians, Blacks, Census Figures
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McDonald, Lauren E. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1997
Investigates the myth of white flight in response to school desegregation. Using data from urban and suburban enrollment and overall demographic shifts, reveals a trend in population changes more complex than can be explained by "white flight." Concluding comments discuss the implications and relevance of these findings to education…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Migration
Jaschik, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
A federal judge has ordered Alabama's two public, historically black universities to enroll more whites as part of a statewide effort to reduce racial segregation in public colleges. Critics are offended by the judge's comments that the colleges' black heritage discourages white enrollment. The ruling also contained some more welcome results,…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, College Desegregation, Compliance (Legal)
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Saporito, Salvatore; Sohoni, Deenesh – Sociology of Education, 2006
Scholars have debated whether students' enrollment in private schools changes levels of racial segregation across urban school districts. The authors examine this issue by comparing the actual racial composition of schools with the racial composition of school-aged children living in the corresponding attendance areas. They do so by linking maps…
Descriptors: School Surveys, School Districts, Racial Composition, Racial Segregation
Hofmeyr, B. E.; Mostert, W. P. – 1989
This report presents demographic data for four racial populations in South Africa (Blacks, Whites, Coloureds, and Asians) and examines trends in the aging of each of these populations. The age structure of a population is determined most directly by fertility and mortality. The findings of this report support a general theory to the effect that…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
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California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1981
This collection of tables includes data for the 1979-80 California school concerning: (1) enrollment by sex, by racial ethnic group, and by county; (2) enrollment by grade level and by racial ethnic group; (3) high school graduates by racial/ethnic group and by county; (4) district level staff by racial/ethnic group and by county (1979); and (5)…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Information Center on Education. – 1981
This report summarizes information on the racial/ethnic distribution of the students and professional staff in all public elementary and secondary schools in New York State during 1980-81. Various statistical tables show the proportions of students and staff classified as belonging to (1) White, (2) Black, (3) Hispanic, and (4) Asian/Pacific…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Alaska State Dept. of Community and Regional Affairs, Juneau. Div. of Community Planning. – 1974
As 1 of 6 regional reports supplying statistical information on Alaska's incorporated and unincorporated communities (those of 25 or more people), this report on Interior Alaska presents data derived from the 1970 U.S. Census first-count microfilm. Organized via the 4 Interior census divisions, data are presented for the 46 communities of…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Census Figures
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