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Waite, Linda J.; Spitze, Glenna D. – 1978
A study was conducted on the factors which influence young women to marry or have their first child at a given age. The data used were taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Women conducted by the Center for Human Resource Research at Ohio State University, during which a sample of 5,159 young women aged 14 to 24 in 1968 were…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Females, Longitudinal Studies
Grow, Lucille J. – 1979
The deleterious effects of childrearing out of wedlock were explored in this study to see if the disadvantages reported at an earlier time still exist. The relationship between the mother's marital status at the time of the baby's birth, her age and other maternal characteristics, experiences and attitudes, and the subsequent well-being of mother…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Child Rearing, Demography
Lambert, Virginia A. – 1976
A study was undertaken in northwestern Wisconsin in 1974 to investigate whether the population turnaround in the 19-county area was an indication of people moving according to residential preference, as might be assumed from national surveys showing desire for urban to rural migration and higher rate of population growth in nonmetropolitan areas.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Case Studies, Educational Background, Family Status
Hannin, Daniel – 1967
This study covered personal and social characteristics, organizational objectives, sponsorship, formal meeting procedures, value concepts, and other factors associated with participation in formal voluntary organizations by a sample of 170 adult Ojibway Indians in three culturally similar communities in northern Ontario. Subject centered interview…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, American Indians, Attitudes
Fernandez, Edward W., Comp.; And Others – 1975
In March 1975, there were about 11.2 million persons of Spanish origin in the United States. This advance report presents data on a variety of social, economic, and democratic characteristics for these people. Subcategories of Spanish origin are: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central and South American, or other Spanish origin. Collected in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Census Figures, Cubans
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. – 1973
The 1970 United States census counted a female population of 104,299,734. Of all the nations in the world, only three have larger female populations: China, India, and the Soviet Union. Females made up 51.3 percent of the United States population. Over 70 million American women are of voting age--that's nearly seven million more than the number of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Census Figures, College Attendance, Demography
Goard, Dean S. – 1970
This paper describes the first part of a study concerned with student success in a practical nursing course offered in the British Columbia Vocational School in Nelson. The study resulted from a concern about the increased number of students who did not complete the training during the year 1969. The procedure involved transfering student data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Dropouts, Age Differences, Body Height
Schissell, Robert Frances – 1967
A study was made of career orientation differences between 200 career women and 200 noncareer women. Subjects were categorized by locally devised definitions and by scores on a scale of career and homemaking orientations and attitudes, then were administered Form M of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) and a background data sheet, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Correlation, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Background
KNOWLES, LAURENCE W.; THOMSON, W. SCOTT – 1965
QUESTIONNAIRES (1,000) WERE MAILED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE 50 STATES. THE FINAL SAMPLE GROUP CONSISTED OF 350 USABLE RESPONSES. THE STUDY DEALT WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. PERSONAL INTERVIEWS SUPPLEMENTED THE QUESTIONNAIRES. THE MAJOR TOPICS OF INQUIRY WERE (1) FREEDOM OF…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Constitutional History, Court Doctrine, Court Litigation

Musser, Leigh Anne; Lloyd, Camille – Journal of Dental Education, 1985
Results of a campus study of (1) the relationship between students' perceived stress level and two possible support indicators (marital status and living arrangement), (2) sex differences in this relationship, and (3) the effect of marital status and gender on students' preferences for support services are reported. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dental Students, Females, Higher Education

Kandel, Denise B.; And Others – Youth and Society, 1984
Examines to what extent school absenteeism and dropout status as an adolescent have implications for performance of other roles subsequently in the life cycle. Domains of adult functioning studied among former truants and dropouts include occupational and educational attainment, health status, delinquency, and patterns of drug use. (GC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attendance, Delinquency, Dropouts
Michalopoulos, Charles; Card, David; Gennetian, Lisa A.; Harknett, Kristen; Robins, Philip K. – 2000
This report previews the Self-Sufficiency Project's (SSP's) longer-term effects by looking at these four related issues: wage progression, job retention, marital status, and attitudes toward work. A companion report, available separately, examines SSP's effects on children. Chapter 1 discusses the SSP research and demonstration project that…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developed Nations, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
Armbruster, Paula; Marciano, Paul; Keely, Kerri; Leach, Allison – 1996
This paper reports the outcomes of a study that investigated the effects of family conflict on childhood functioning. The sample consisted of 95 children (ages 3-17) applying for clinical services at the Yale Child Study Center Outpatient Clinic. Forty-nine children were from families in which the custodial parents were currently married, 33 were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Children, Conflict
Reyes-Blanes, Maria E. – 1996
This report discusses the outcomes of a study that compared family needs and sources of support perceived by 55 Puerto Rican mothers of young children (ages birth to 5 years) with disabilities residing in Puerto Rico and 39 of their Puerto Rican counterparts living in Florida. The relationship among perceived family needs, sources of support, and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Disabilities, Family Needs, Hispanic Americans

Bowker, Jeanette E.; And Others – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1983
A survey of 326 faculty members in 48 land grant universities compared administrative interests and aspirations by sex, age, marital status, academic rank, and tenure. Overall findings revealed no differences by sex, except that women who were older, married, tenured, and full professors were more interested in administration than equivalent…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age, College Administration, College Faculty