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Download full textDorfman, Cynthia, Ed. – 1988
The U.S. Department of Education presents the first edition of what will be an ongoing series of collected statistical charts and graphs providing a long-term and comprehensive perspective on the well-being of youth. The longitudinal data, which begins in 1950, when possible, is presented with a minimum of interpretation. The report is organized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Research
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1983
These materials for the curriculum area of coordinating work and family comprise one of six such packages that are part of the Ohio Vocational Consumer/Homemaking Curriculum Guide. The curriculum area or perennial problem, expressed in the title of this document, is divided into two practical problems, i.e., what to do (1) regarding provision of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Rearing, Consumer Education, Curriculum Guides
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1985
The problems facing low-income families headed by women and some current and planned Ford Foundation responses are discussed in this paper. The first section presents a general overview of the problem, with special focus on nonpayment of child support and teenage pregnancy. The debate over the Federal welfare program and other attempts to use…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Family Income, Fatherless Family, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedGrossman, Allyson Sherman – Monthly Labor Review, 1976
This paper presents a survey of the number of mothers with children under age 17 who were in the work force in 1976. The paper surveys various factors which influence these statistics: age of children, socioeconomic factors, ethnic and racial characteristics, family size, family income and the availability of child care services. The statistics…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Demography, Employed Parents
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1978
The passage of H.R. 12274, the Middle Income Student Assistance Act, to amend Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the availability of assistance to middle-income students is recommended in this House report from the Committee on Education and Labor. The purpose of H.R. 11274 is to provide needed financial assistance to…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Legislation, Family Income, Federal Aid
Munday, Leo A. – 1976
Relationships among student and college characteristics are studied in conjunction with colleges students chose and attended. Two data sets, one of students who were college bound in 1971-72, and the other of financial aid applicants who were college freshmen in 1972-73, are used. The relation between family income and college cost is examined.…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Environment, Costs, Educational Development
Grossman, Michael; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this research is to investigate empirically the determinants of children's health with particular reference to home and local environmental variables such as family income, parents' schooling, preventive medical care, and health manpower availability. Wherever possible, children's health is studied in the context of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Children, Cognitive Development
Corwin, Thomas M. – 1981
The impact of changes in student aid policies on the way students and their families pay for college is examined. A major focus is how student loans fit into the overall framework of student finance. Information is presented on the National Direct Student Loan program and Guaranteed Student Loan program. Both programs provide the opportunity to…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Collection, Databases, Family Income
Dasgupta, Satadal; Nagarajan, P. – 1977
To identify personal, economic, educational, and social factors influencing students' educational aspirations, data were collected from 1,004 seniors in Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1971; analysis included male-female and urban-rural differences. From 960 usable questionnaires, level of educational aspiration was determined by respondents'…
Descriptors: Adults, Aspiration, Education, Expectation
Doermann, Humphrey – 1978
The current downward enrollment trend in postsecondary institutions is assessed in terms of its meaning for institutions, students, and taxpayers. An agenda is proposed for the review and an estimate is provided of the number of students who are qualified for postsecondary education but who fail to receive it because they lack the funds. It is…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Access to Education, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Morgan, James N., Ed. – 1978
In trying to determine race and sex differences in earnings, some chapters in this volume examine the hypothesis that earnings differences are caused by skill differences. Findings indicate that skill differences cannot account for much of the earnings differences. Education levels required by various jobs are analyzed and compared to the actual…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blacks, Economic Status, Educational Background
JONES, LEWIS W. – 1963
IN RURAL AREAS, MANY PROBLEMS OF NEGRO YOUTH ORIGINATE IN THE LIMITATIONS WHICH RESULT FROM UNEDUCATED FAMILIES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL POVERTY OF THE FAMILIES. DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES REMAIN AS AN EFFECT UPON YOUTH. THE NEGRO'S ADJUSTMENT TO RURAL LIFE AND TO SCHOOL IS NOT GOOD AS A RESULTANT OF FOUNDATIONAL UNREADINESS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE NEED…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Black Youth, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Morgan, James N., Ed. – 1979
The chapters in this volume summarize and analyze the first ten years of data of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Mary Corcoran and Martha Hill analyzed the economic burden of unemployment among heads of households. James Morgan takes various methodological approaches in studying the determinants of the number of work hours of male heads of…
Descriptors: Data, Economic Status, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Income
Kimsey, Peggy Poling; Paynter, Mary Ann – 1979
Emerging from two graduate seminars designed to increase the involvement of home economists in public policy, this publication includes course outlines, models, and papers on selected issues concerning family-related government policy. The structure and requirements of the two seminars, held in 1978 at the University of Kentucky, are described. A…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Education, Employment, Energy Conservation
Davis, Jerry S.; Van Dusen, William D. – 1975
Information drawn from a number of different sources was combined through a technique known as aggregate need analysis to measure the unmet financial needs of different groups of postsecondary students. It was found that: (1) after consideration of parental contributions and student self-help, there is an aggregate need for assistance of nearly…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Family Income, Federal Aid
