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…

Found a strong correlation between residential mobility rate and a measure of marital dissolution. Concluded that community size and marital dissolution correlated positively because of higher levels of residential mobility in large cities and urban areas than in small cities and rural areas. Found high residential mobility both an indicator and a…

The book, "History of the Okinawans in North America," is reviewed by its translator, who also summarizes the history and culture of the Okinawan community in California. Okinawans long considered themselves an oppressed minority among Japanese and desire a separate history in order to preserve the community and its cultural heritage.…

The effects of family migration (1) are negative for employment status, weeks worked, and earnings, null for weeks unemployed, and marginal for attitudes; (2) are similar for married women in their 20s, 30s, and 40s; and (3) do not last beyond the first or second year after a move. (Author/RM)

Examined are some available statistics on the problem of the brain drain from developing nations to the United States, the result of interviews with seven urban educated Indian students at American universities, and some possible steps that could halt the trend. (Author/CJ)