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Meyer, Melissa L. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1982
Discusses the problems of ethnohistorical interpretation of information derived only from one census, as exemplified by the use of the 1900 census to describe the population of the White Earth Reservation. Presents six demographic measures and five social indices that aid in assessing the quality of ethnohistorical demographic materials. (SB)
Descriptors: Age, American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians
Menchik, Bettie Landauer – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2002
This report on Michigan's demographics examines the changing composition of Michigan's households and the ramification for Michigan schools. The report states that between 1980 and 2000, Michigan's population grew by 7.3 percent, while the number of households grew by 590,448, or 18 percent. Households are growing faster than the population…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Population Trends, Marital Status, School Districts
Mizell, Lee – National Endowment for the Arts, 2005
Music is everywhere. People listen to compact discs while relaxing at home, MP3s while jogging in the park, live music concerts in their free time, and internet radio on the computer. What are people listening to? Who is doing the listening? How have listening patterns changed over time? This report aims to answer those questions by using data…
Descriptors: Music, Classical Music, Rock Music, Attitudes
Currie, Janet; Moretti, Enrico – 2002
This study estimates the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for 1970 to 1999. It also assesses the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth outcomes: use of prenatal care, smoking behavior, marriage, and fertility. In an effort to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Health, Educational Attainment, Health Behavior
Lewis, Dawn P. – 2002
This study was conducted to examine teachers' expectations regarding the reading achievement of children from divorced and intact families. Sixty elementary school teachers participated by completing a survey. Four variations for the survey were distributed. Each version differed from the others only to the extent that the introductory statement…
Descriptors: Divorce, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Marital Status
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Miederhoff, Patrick; And Others – Counseling and Values, 1981
Measured counseling students' attitudes toward drug abuse with the Measurement of Attitudes Toward Drugs Scale. Used a self-report confidential questionnaire. Results showed that these students held more punitive attitudes toward drug abuse than other populations. Attitude variation was related to using drugs for recreation. Discusses implications…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Counseling, Counselor Attitudes
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Devine, Danielle; Forehand, Rex – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996
Examined marital and child factors in predicting divorce potential and divorce occurrence. Participants included 140 adolescents and their parents. For both parents, lower levels of marital satisfaction predicted higher levels of divorce potential. In turn, divorce potential predicted greater likelihood for divorce up to seven years later. No…
Descriptors: Adults, Coping, Divorce, Early Adolescents
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Kalil, Ariel; Kunz, James – Child Development, 2002
This longitudinal study tested the contribution of age and marital status at first birth to depressive symptomatology in early adulthood. Findings indicated that unmarried teenage childbearers displayed higher levels of depressive symptoms than women who first gave birth as married adults. The psychological health of married teenage mothers in…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Births to Single Women, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology)
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Blount, Jackie M. – Journal of School Leadership, 2003
Special issue explores the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgendered (LGBT) public-school administrators. Provides an analysis of ways sexuality has been a central force in shaping school administration. Administrative work paralleled the roles in traditional married households; administrators have been required to demonstrate notably…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
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Dennis, Terry; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
A survey of 173 medical residency and fellowship graduates found women expecting spouses to contribute half the family income; men anticipated sole responsibility. Married women with children planned on working fewer hours than others. It is concluded that family structure may be important in income and working hours patterns. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment Patterns, Entry Workers, Expectation
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Peterson, Richard R. – Social Forces, 1989
In national longitudinal surveys of mature women, the wage advantage of single and childless women was stronger in large firms and in male-dominated occupations, suggesting the significance of discrimination among women by family history. Contains 28 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Adults (30 to 45), Employed Women, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices
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Shiono, Patricia H.; Quinn, Linda Sandham – Future of Children, 1994
The living arrangements of American children have been strongly affected by revolutionary social changes in the past 30 years, including a large decrease in first-marriage rates and an increase in divorce. Each year more than one million children are affected by divorce. Statistics on divorce and social trends are presented. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Demography, Divorce
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Seron, Carroll; Ferris,Kerry – Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, 1995
From a sample of 1,000 New York attorneys, data from 553 men and 129 women suggest that professional autonomy depends on social capital arrangements that assume overtime, open-ended work demands, and release from private obligations. Access to time is qualitatively different for men and women, especially married women with children. (SK)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Family Work Relationship, Flexible Working Hours, Home Management
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Bell, Rose R. – Thought and Action, 1992
A study examined attitudes of 95 women biomedical researchers in dual-career relationships toward mobility for enhancing occupational advancement. The women and spouses were surveyed concerning use of time, income, job satisfaction, willingness to move, and general career and marital satisfaction. Results indicate changes in gender effects on…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Dual Career Family, Higher Education, Income
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Russell, Stephen T. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1998
Used data from the National Child Development Study of Great Britain to examine the sex education lessons reported at age 16 and subjects' report of teenage motherhood at age 23. Results showed that sex education may be associated with teenage motherhood positively or negatively, depending on the topic and the individual's marital status when she…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth, Contraception, Early Parenthood
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