The perception and acceptance of the Internet as a personal communication channel, and the functional characteristics of the Internet, provide a new means for geographically separated friends and family members to communicate with one another. This paper presents a theoretical framework for the study of family communication and electronic mail. A…

Examines characteristics of the residential movement of a sample of individual black households in both segregated and integrated neighborhoods in twelve large cities of the northern and western United States, reporting analyses of the process of adjustment to a new environment the "mover-stayer" concept, and the integration status of a migrant's…

This paper was written in anticipation of the International Conference on Indochinese Refugees (ICIR), held in June 1989 in Geneva (Switzerland). The ICIR was convened to respond to chronic refugee problems in the region, first addressed in the July 1979 Meeting in Geneva on the Situation of Refugees and Displaced Persons in Southeast Asia. It is…

This book contains a transcript of discussions at a 1983 conference held at Smith College (Massachusetts) for refugee workers. Included are presentations by official representatives of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, foreign service officers, administrators of key voluntary agencies, immigration lawyers, social workers, case…

Women have comprised a declining percentage of public school administrators since 1928 when 55 percent of all elementary principals were female. A heretofore unchallenged reason for this decline has been the assumption that women lack geographic mobility and that consequently neither they themselves nor potential employers should consider them…

The paper focuses on the integration of sociological, economic, demographic, and biological considerations as a means of understanding that reproductive behavior is largely an adjustment to the socioeconomic environment. (KM)

An awareness level is a way of grouping priorities that an individual normally gives to factors affecting his decision of whether or not to accept an overseas position; satisfactory answers to the questions surrounding each of the items are necessary. It is imperative that the company make such information available. (Author/AJ)

The replica study finds that workers who chose to be retrained did not increase their earnings by this choice, either with or without the conventional controls. Additional controls used--measures of social-psychological traits and use of the State Employment Service--were found to be irrelevant to changes in earnings. (MW)

A study analyzed the decision making process of a dual-career married couple debating whether they should relocate for his or her career. Their interaction was examined and interpreted through multiple components of conversational context, such as institutional constraints influencing the couple, their shared knowledge and perceptions, the…

The purpose of the mobility study was to determine what number and percentage of secondary, postsecondary, and full-time adult graduates of vocational-technical programs in Oklahoma find or seek employment in the same geographic region of their graduation. It was also determined what number and percentage of graduates leave the region to seek…

To examine the migration and vocational choices of recent high school graduates from three geographical areas of Minnesota, data were obtained by questionnaires and interviews of 739 male high school graduates from the years 1948-1956. The sample was stratified by agricultural income of the region. Some findings were: (1) Out-migration was greater…

A study was conducted to determine the reasons for variable success in relocating Eskimo families from rural areas of the northern territories of Canada to southern centers of industrial employment (railways, mining centers). The data were collected by interviewing 105 Eskimos, both male and female, married and single, who had migrated south. The…

Describing site visits to Paraguayan reservations created for purposes of "sedentarizing" the Indians (Ache, Moro, etc.) of Paraguay's forests, this article documents both cultural and physical genocide perpetrated by Paraguay government policy operating in support of economic development. (JC)

Discusses the effects of relocation on children and adolescents, and suggests strategies that parents and teachers can use to aid in the adjustment process. An annotated bibliography is provided which includes fiction for children relocating and children left behind, nonfiction, and materials from moving companies and realtors. (58 notes with…