Compared mortality rates for residents who transferred rooms within long-term care facility for reasons other than health (N=207) and for residents who did not move (N=353). Found mortality rates higher for moderately competent residents who moved than for non-movers; mortality rates for movers of high or low competence did not differ from those…

Examined the impact of relocation on the health of chronic care patients (N=45). Results showed relocation had no effect on 13 of 18 health measures. Positive effects were noted among patients who were relatively young, had good morale, and were satisfied with their new surroundings. (JAC)

Guidelines are offered to parents who move and change school districts for their disabled children. She notes the importance of knowing legal rights, keeping current records, and being persistent in securing optimum services. (CL)

The study assesses the relationships between feelings of alienation and family problems associated with moving. The study concludes that geographic mobility and family problems associated with moving are more likely to be found in the Army family in which the wife-mother feels alienated from society and the Army community. (Author)

In 1975 more than 1.6 million workers in the Middle East and North Africa found jobs outside their home countries in the seven major labor-importing states within the region. By 1985 the number is expected to swell to 4.3 million. Social and economic consequences are examined. (RM)

Reports on the 1974-76 results of the Annual Housing Survey concerned with why people move from one state to another. Major motivations for relocation included employment opportunities, change of climate, proximity of relatives, and retirement. Discusses implications for policies that focus on planned growth of given regions. (GC)

Describes how Scholars at Risk, a 3-year-old network, helps academics who face political persecution in their own countries to find safe homes elsewhere. (EV)

Examines 12-month period in 1983-1984 when large number of Ethiopian Jews emigrated to Israel under very stressful conditions. Notes that many immigrants were adolescents who left their families behind in Ethiopia. Focuses on nine adolescent immigrants who developed psychiatric disabilities severe enough to warrant hospitalization, describing…

Used Double ABCX model of family stress and adaptation to identify factors that are associated with successful adaptation to frequent involuntary relocation among 212 clergy families. Wives reported significantly higher stress, more negative perceptions of their most recent relocation, lower coping resources, and lower well-being that did clergy…

Contends that marital dissolution may inspire motivation for geographic and psychological distance, and when this occurs, there are serious implications for child custody determinations. Addresses complexities that arise in several realms when one parent desires to relocate and implications this may have for what transpires in therapy. (Author/NB)

Analysis of data from migrant couples showed that wives often deferred to husbands in decision to move. Subsidiary role for wives was most apparent when husbands indicated employment reasons for moving and was also positively associated with annual income of couple. Odds of obtaining postmigration employment were decreased for wives who deferred…

Review of research on employee relocation in the United Kingdom and North America identified barriers to relocation and types of personal and financial support provided by organizations. Force-field analysis assessed the relationship between barriers and organizational interventions, particularly in UK local government agencies. (SK)

Describes how the for-profit University of Phoenix is attempting again to enter New Jersey, 3 years after withdrawing an application to operate there. This time, its plan focuses more on female and minority students. (EV)

Following the Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the nation was thrown into a state of fear and hysteria. On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066 which resulted in more than 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry being either interned in relocation centers, drafted, or…

The article explores the ways "uneven geographical development" conditions and is conditioned by local placemaking practices. Guided by David Harvey's work along with Henri Lefebvre's three dimensions of spatial production--spatial practices, representations of space, and spaces of representation or the "spatial imaginary"--I…