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Sepielli, Peter J.; Sanford, Denise I. – 1981
Thirty-six tables provide detailed information about educational and socioeconomic characteristics of students nationwide. The data show, among other things, that overall enrollment is down from 1970, especially at the kindergarten and elementary school level. College attendance is up, though, as more women and people over 25 enroll. This is…
Descriptors: Age, Early Childhood Education, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
BEST, HARRY – 1965
WRITTEN FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE SOCIOLOGIST OR SOCIAL SCIENTIST, THIS BOOK REPORTS DATA OBTAINED FROM STATISTICAL RESEARCH ON MENTAL RETARDATES. ITS CHIEF PURPOSE IS THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND PROVISIONS MADE FOR THEM IN THE UNITED STATES. DISCUSSION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION COVERS DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION, ETIOLOGY,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Age Differences, Attitude Change, Boarding Homes
Linn, J. Gary – 1976
Data derived from 1,423 adults who were permanent residents in 9 northwest Wisconsin counties in 1974 were used to test the hypothesis that peripheral metropolitan ring areas (within 30 miles of cities over 50,000) have more pleasing natural environments and more desirable social settings than urban areas and offer better access to jobs and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Community Satisfaction, Community Size, Demography
Mael, Fred; Alonso, Alex; Gibson, Doug; Rogers, Kelly; Smith, Mark – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2005
Single-sex education refers most generally to education at the elementary, secondary, or postsecondary level in which males or females attend school exclusively with members of their own sex. This report deals primarily with single-sex education at the elementary and secondary levels. Research in the United States on the question of whether public…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Females, Coeducation, Public Sector

Jackson, Richard A.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1993
A survey of 429 pharmacy school faculty found significant differences in level of burnout in relation to gender, age, academic rank, tenure status, length of contract, administrative/nonadministrative position, salary, major work activity, professional association activity, hours worked per week, and marital status. No influence of discipline,…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Age Differences

Current Population Reports, 1985
Designed to provide a ready resource for government, educators, librarians, and the general public, the Index contains demographic information on a wide variety of population-related topics and is the first bibliographic inventory of all Current Populaton Reports. The Index's 20 sections are listed sequentially by subject, series number, year…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Community Size, Demography
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
This report contains a summary of descriptive information about 1980 seniors two years after leaving high school--their educational, vocational, socioeconomic, and familial status and their plans and attitudes. Chapter I is an introduction to the High School and Beyond (HS&B) longitudinal surveys. Chapter II indicates the percentages of male…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Attitude Change, Attitudes
Drakulich, J. Scott; Karlen, Janice M. – 1980
In order to determine the characteristics of students who transferred to Essex County College from four-year institutions in Fall 1979, the responses of 88 reverse transfer students (RTS's) to 84 items on the entering student demographic questionnaire were compared to the responses of 2,087 new Fall 1979 students. The questionnaire solicited…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Choice, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Chyu, Laura; Pebley, Anne R.; Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz – RAND Corporation, 2005
This report examines patterns of child care use in 2000-2001 for children ages 0-5 who were not yet enrolled in kindergarten or first grade. Specifically, the report examines whether or not non-parental child care was used, the primary type of child care used, the amount of child care used per week, the number of arrangements, the cost of care,…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Marital Status, Poverty, Counties
Paull, Barbara I. – 1980
This guidebook was developed to aid mothers who are attending school or training programs and also have preschool or school-age children at home, to find new approaches to their complicated life situations. Based on the experiences of 215 women in Allegheny County Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh), the booklet describes some of the problems they faced as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Career Choice, Child Caregivers
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Women's Bureau. – 1976
The report presents data on selected social, economic, and demographic characteristics of women of Spanish origin in the United States. Derived from the population reports of the U.S. Census Bureau and the March 1973 Manpower Report of the President, the statistical data pertain to age, residence, marital status, heads of families and households,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Census Figures, Demography
Ahren, Nancy C.; Scott, Elizabeth L. – 1981
A study analyzed the career outcomes of men and women Ph.D.s Based on a sample survey of approximately 50,000 Ph.D scientists, engineers, and humanists, conducted in 1979 by the National Research Council, the study examined 5164 triads consisting of one woman and two men who were matched as nearly as possible according to selected background…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Behavioral Sciences, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis
Heck, Shirley F.; Weible, Thomas – 1978
In an effort to identify the motivational factors contributing to student retention or attrition, 487 students at the Mansfield Campus of Ohio State University (MC-OSU), a two-year, commuter campus, were surveyed to determine their characteristics and reasons for choosing MC-OSU and to assess the variances between their perceptions of the real and…
Descriptors: Age, Ancillary School Services, Career Choice, College Choice
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Women's Bureau. – 1975
Data provided in this study encompass topics such as: labor force participation, unemployment, marital status, women heads of families, working mothers, the children of working mothers, education, employment status of high school dropouts, occupations, full-time and full-year workers, and earnings. Minority workers (data refers to all races other…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Influences
Schepp, Julie; Olsen, Tammey – 1999
This publication presents 1999 fall enrollment data for North Dakota higher education institutions. An introductory section provides pertinent definitions and institutional abbreviations. The 15 tables present data on: (1) headcount enrollment; (2) full-time enrollments; (3) total student credit hours of part-time students; (4) full-time…
Descriptors: Age, Citizenship, College Credits, College Students