Purpose: The goal of this study was to determine the impact of age, gender, and race on the prevalence and severity of hearing loss in elder adults, aged 72-96 years, after accounting for income, education, smoking, and clinical and subclinical cardiovascular disease. Methods: Air-conduction thresholds for standard and extended high-frequency…

The cohort survival model for projecting school district enrollments is presented for use in local district short-term planning. The basic model, modifications, and sample worksheets are presented. To assist in the calculations of local enrollment projections, step-by-step procedures frequently refer to the sample worksheets. Local administrators…

Data from 1,385 workers in a variety of occupational groups indicate that (1) age is positively related to work satisfaction; (2) age is related to work rewards and values; and (3) rewards and values significantly affect overall work satisfaction. (SK)

Examined timing of completion of childbearing in cohorts of American women born in 1906-15, 1916-25, 1926-30, and 1931-35. Revealed large changes in timing of completion of childbearing. Among whites, found 50 percent reduction in proportion finishing after age 37. Among blacks, found large reductions in proportion ending before age 25 and…

Examines age and life-cycle stage variance in women's career orientation and employment (N=1,120) Results showed in all marital and parental status categories, high proportions of young women are career oriented, suggesting that career interest persists through family formation, although career plans are often deferred during early motherhood.…

The author suggests procedures to standardize the process of calculating dropout rates and to improve the validity and reliability of data on dropouts. (MT)

Compared suicidal behaviors among two populations in the same geographical area: clients at a psychology clinic versus individuals from the general population. In both samples, 10 percent of the individuals reported prior parasuicidal behavior; the two populations were also quite similar on reports of prior suicidal ideation. (JAC)

Cohort changes in attitudes about availability of legal abortions are traced over a 12-year period. Contrary to the aging-conservatism hypothesis, trends in the direction of increasingly favorable attitudes and general stability characterize all cohorts. There is no evidence of growing conservatism among the older cohorts. (Author/BEF)

Presents data and discussion comparing life-cycle measures of divorced women with those of women who had never divorced. Findings indicate that differences do exist in the timing of life-cycle events according to marital history, race, and education but that birth cohort association represents an overriding source of differential timing. (Author)

A comparison of employment and earnings for young adults in 1979 and 1994 shows that young adults in 1994 were more likely than those in 1979 to be employed in lower-paying occupational groups. The 1994 group earned relatively less than young adults did in 1979. (JOW)

Adult students attended classes in one of four formats: noncohort nonintensive, noncohort intensive, cohort nonintensive, and cohort intensive. Responses from 174 showed that more group interaction and cohesiveness occurred in the 2 cohort groups. Intensity of scheduling did not have a clear relationship with interaction or cohesiveness. (SK)

Data from the National Longitudinal Survey and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics show that men and women born during the upswing of a demographic cycle obtain more schooling and take longer to finish a year of schooling than do those born during a downswing. (Author/SK)

This article examines the publishing activity of 54 individuals who received their doctoral degrees from American universities in 1995 and the publications that were derived from their dissertations. Publication data covered two five-year periods, 1991-1995 research-in-progress and 1996-2000 postdoctoral period. One third of the graduates did not…

This report uses data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) to describe the middle school experiences of the cohort. The ECLS-K followed the educational, socioemotional, and physical development of a nationally representative sample of kindergartners in public and private schools in the United States…

In New Zealand there are four university-based centres for continuing education which provide non-credit short courses. This paper presents data from a survey which was conducted with the intention of building understanding of the cohort of learners who attend short non-credit courses, to better understand their views and values and to determine…