Education of the American PopulationU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1967 - 290 pages USA. Study, based on statistical tables of the bureau of the census, of trends in general education - covers enrolment patterns of students (by age group, sex, colour and region), the social status of teachers (incl. Marital status, income group, etc.), the position in regard to illiteracy and educational levels, etc. References. |
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17 years old adults age group attainment level attended college census data Census of Population Claire Casey college attendance college enrollment college graduates college level college students college teachers color Current Population Current Population Survey decade differential distribution dropouts earnings East South Central economic educa educational attainment educational level elementary and secondary enrolled in school enrollment rates estimated factors family income farm fathers Female figures GI Bill grade education growth high school graduates homogamy illiteracy rate illiterate increase labor force less literacy marriage married MARRIED COUPLES median migration million Negroes nonwhite North Central Office of Education parents pattern percent period persons professional projections proportion Puerto Ricans Question wording read and write Regions rural school completed school enrollment school graduates school system secondary teachers Series socioeconomic Source South status Subject Reports survey tion Total trends U.S. Bureau U.S. Office U.S. Summary United Urban Areas women teachers
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Page iv - ... represent. This cooperation was essential for the preparation of the monographs. The monograph authors were asked to provide interpretations of census and related statistics that would illuminate major current problem areas. The authors were also asked to take a critical look at the data and to make any recommendations which in their opinion would contribute to better development and use of the data. The views expressed in the monograph series are those of the individual authors, each of whom...
Page 1 - ... exhibit a full view of the pursuits, industry, education, and resources of the country.
Page 243 - Grade of enrollment was first available in the 1940 census, where it was obtained from responses to the question on highest grade of school completed. Enumerators were instructed that "for a person still in school, the last grade completed will be the grade preceding the one in which he or she was now enrolled.
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Page 162 - Family Expenditure Patterns for Personal Health Services, 1953 and 1958: Nationwide Surveys, Odin W. Anderson, Ph.D., Patricia Collette and Jacob J. Pel man. 1960. 68 pp. RS#15 — Health Insurance Benefits for Personal Health Services, 1953 and 1958: Nationwide Surveys, Odin W.
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Page 75 - Allison Davis, Social Class Influence Upon Learning. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1950.
Page 74 - Educational Status, College Plans and Occupational Status of Farm and Nonfarm Youths," US Bureau of the Census Series ERS (P-27).
Page 171 - ... educational attainment within occupational groups. Overall, about 85 percent of the rise in educational attainment may be attributed to increased educational levels within occupations, and only 15 percent to shifts in the occupational structure from occupations requiring less education to occupations requiring more.
Page 200 - Otis Dudley Duncan and Robert W. Hodge, "Education and Occupational Mobility: A Regression Analysis," American Journal of Sociology, LXVIII (May, 1963), 629-44; Otis Dudley Duncan, David L.