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Peer reviewedMarchant, Maurice P. – Library and Information Science Research, 1991
Describes a study which was conducted to test the ability of four motivators to explain adult use of the public library: (1) home and family life; (2) vocational growth; (3) religion; and (4) politics. Other general user characteristics were examined as supplements to the four motivators in predicting library use. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Family Life, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedBaydar, Nazli; And Others – Child Development, 1993
Used longitudinal data from a sample of African-American children of teenaged mothers in the Baltimore, Maryland, area to examine determinants of functional literacy in adulthood. Found that preschool cognitive and behavioral functioning predicted literacy in young adulthood. Family environmental factors that predicted literacy in young adulthood…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Literacy, Blacks, Children
Peer reviewedCaplan, Sheryl M.; Henderson, Craig E.; Henderson, John; Fleming, Donna L. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2002
A study investigated the influence of self-concept and perceived family environment on psychosocial adjustment among 180 early-entrance college students (ages 14-17). Family cohesion, conflict, and expressiveness and overall self-concept were predictive of adjustment to college. Family cohesion, organization, control, conflict, and overall…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Adolescents, College Students
Direct linkLiu, Ruth X.; Kaplan, Howard B. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2004
Using data provided by a panel of non-Hispanic white respondents, this study explored whether aggressive response to severe role stress during early adulthood depends on gender and on an adolescent history of aggression. Logistic regression analysis yielded these findings: Men who reported aggression during early adolescence were significantly…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Peer Influence, Delinquency
Shannon, Jacqueline D.; Tamis-Lemonda, Catherine S.; Margolin, Allan – Infancy, 2005
Men's childhood experiences with their parents, their current relationship with their partners, and demographic factors were examined in relation to father-infant interactions. Participants were 60 racially and ethnically diverse, inner-city men and their 6- to 11-month-old infants. Father-infant interactions were videotaped during semistructured…
Descriptors: Play, Income, Infants, Fathers
Bradley, Robert H.; Corwyn, Robert F. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
This study examined contextual and personality factors and their relation to perceived life satisfaction among adolescents in five sociocultural groups. Variations in the contribution of specific predictors were noted for the five groups, but no one factor accounted for a large amount of variance in any group. Among the most consistent predictors…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Life Satisfaction, Self Efficacy, Mexican Americans
Carlson, Marcia J.; Furstenberg, Frank F., Jr. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2006
Recent trends in marriage and fertility have increased the number of adults having children by more than 1 partner, a phenomenon that we refer to as multipartnered fertility. This article uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine the prevalence and correlates of multipartnered fertility among urban parents of a…
Descriptors: Correlation, Urban Population, Children, Race
Houry, Debra; Reddy, Sudha; Parramore, Constance – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
This study evaluated the frequency of coarrest in female victims who utilized 911 for intimate partner violence (IPV) and any patterns or circumstances that increased the likelihood of coarrest. All cases of police-documented IPV where a female IPV victim was arrested in conjunction with the perpetrator were included. Each incident report was…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Victims of Crime, Family Violence, Females
Download full textCook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
King, Sherry Jackson – 1993
School attendance was irregular for female Hmong students at a middle school in the midwestern United States in an area with a substantial Hmong population. This resulted in low achievement and reduced the opportunity to learn coping skills for functioning effectively in Hmong and American society. The goal of this practicum was to improve the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Adolescents, Asian Americans
Passel, Jeffrey S. – 1992
This publication offers a demographic and socioeconomic profile of Puerto Ricans in the mainland United States as of 1990. A section on population analyzes size, growth, and geographic distribution. A section on demographic characteristics covers age composition, sex composition, and household structure and marital status. A section on…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Children, Community Characteristics, Demography
PDF pending restorationWhite, Karen; Baker, Barbara – 1984
This data book uses survey and census information to record social and economic changes of the past three decades and their effects upon the role of Alaska women in society. Results show Alaska women comprise 47% of the state population, an increase of 9% since 1950. Marriage continues as the predominant living arrangement for Alaska women,…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Demography
Rawlings, Steve W. – Current Population Reports, 1984
This annual report presents demographic data on households and families for 1983 and highlights some important changes that have occurred in recent years. Nine pages of text precede the 25 detailed tables that compose the major portion of the report. This preliminary text provides an introduction and a user's guide to the tabular material. Briefly…
Descriptors: Age, Children, Demography, Educational Attainment
Gates, William A.; Witt, Barbara – 1986
The PUS801000 (Public Use Samples) database was created as a subsample of the Census Bureau's 1980 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) for the purpose of meeting the needs of demographics research. PUMS needed to be reorganized along relational lines by identifying the variables most widely used by researchers and constructing proper relations…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Database Management Systems, Databases, Demography
National Indian Council on Aging, Albuquerque, NM. – 1981
The report discusses the participation of elderly American Indians in Federal entitlement programs and describes the Reservation Access Project, which was funded to increase by 100% the number of Indian elderly served and to develop a model for delivery services. The first section provides an introduction, organizational history of the National…
Descriptors: Age, American Indians, Community Characteristics, Delivery Systems
