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Ranard, Donald A. – In America: Perspectives on Refugee Settlement, 1989
A study was conducted concerning how Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, and Hmong refugees between the ages of 15 and 18 have faced the difficulties of adjusting to life in the United States. The study looked at some of the reasons behind the difficulties these youth experience, as well as their success at school, within the family, and in society.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Cambodians
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1986
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), between 1981 and 1986 approximately 10.8 million persons lost jobs in a manner suggesting that the job losses would be permanent. Experienced workers with three or more years of tenure made up about 5.1 million of the total number of individuals whom BLS reports have termed "displaced…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Change Strategies, Competition, Dislocated Workers

Forbes, Jack – Wicazo Sa Review, 1986
The Wapanakamikok, or Eastern Land People, have been forced to do a great deal of moving about since the beginning of European contact in 1607. The Lenape dialect of their common language is spoken today primarily in Oklahoma and Canada and descendents of Wapanakamikok groups are scattered in Wisconsin and Kansas as well. (The other two dialect…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Anthropological Linguistics
Ploch, Louis A. – 1984
Analysis of demographic characteristics of 411 recent inmigrants to Maine, as revealed in a random mail-back questionnaire sample of persons who exchanged an out-of-state driver's license for a Maine one during July-December of 1980 or 1983, indicated that trends and relationships noted in previous studies are continuing into the 1980s. Inmigrants…
Descriptors: Age, Demography, Educational Attainment, Family Size
Ploch, Louis A. – 1985
Inmigration to Maine was found to have altered population distribution, increased the proportion of younger, highly educated persons, and provided a pool of professional/managerial persons for community involvement. Data gathered from 417 persons moving into Maine during the July through December period of either 1980 or 1983 showed inmigrants to…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Change, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns

Price, Michael – 1985
This analysis of demographic and economic impacts of migration compared samples of nonmigrants, inmigrants, and outmigrants for Kentucky from 1975 to 1980. Age, gender, race, birth place, educational attainment, income, and labor force characteristics were compared for the three groups. Inmigrants, including intrastate migrants, were compared on…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Income
Knop, Edward, Comp.; And Others – 1978
Because migration trends in the West and their consequences have sometimes served as indicators of what other regions can expect, it is important that such trends and effects be monitored and analyzed. This bulletin describes patterns of migration, assesses individual and family and social considerations in western migration, and discusses policy…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Demography, Employment Patterns, Family Mobility
Browning, Harley L.; Rodriguez, Nestor – 1982
Based on an ethnographic study of Austin and San Antonio, Texas, this paper deals with the settlement process by which "indocumentados" (undocumented Mexican workers) and their families integrate themselves into U.S. society and its labor market and the multiple strategies they use to sustain themselves socially and economically. The…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Workers, Labor Market
Li, Gertraude Roth – 1981
This paper describes the Hmong refugees in the United States, the state of their resettlement, and possible approaches to resettlement problems. Included are descriptions of the Hmong background and culture; orientation programs in refugee camps; processes and specific problems of Hmong resettlement; Hmong organizations; Hmong adjustment to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Cultural Background
Li, Gertraude Roth; Johnson, Winston – 1982
Provided in this report are descriptions of the sociocultural background of Afghan refugees and other information that may be of use to those involved in sponsoring Afghan refugees in the United States. The report discusses facets of Afghan life and culture, including religion, personal relationships, family structure, and male-female relations;…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Females
Napier, Ted L.; Wright, Cathy J. – 1974
To examine sociological response to rural development projects requiring forced population relocation, a study was conducted of a small, rural farming community in central Ohio which had been disrupted as a result of a large scale (approximately 8,100 acres) development project. A sample of 72 subjects was taken from the affected community (37…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Services, Community Surveys
Thomas, Donald W.; Bachtel, Douglas C. – 1978
Limited to residents of small towns, villages and the rural open country, the study assessed the implications of the rural turnaround in the southern Ohio counties of Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, and Vinton. All five counties experienced outmigration in the 1950s, and all but Athens County lost population through outmigration in the 1960s. In…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Attitudes, Community Influence, Community Leaders
Fowler, Gary L.; Rappaport, Jeff – 1979
Congressional mandate in 1975 directed that the Appalachian Regional Commission conduct a study on (1) the status of Appalachian migrants living in the destinations to which they had moved; (2) current migration patterns and implications; and (3) past and potential impact of Commission programs on outmigration and welfare of Appalachian migrants.…
Descriptors: Demography, Income, Migrant Employment, Migrants
McAuley, William J.; Nutty, Cheri L. – 1979
The relationship of family life cycle changes to housing preferences and residential mobility is examined. Two residential decision-making issues are explored in detail--how family life cycle stages influence what people view as important to their choice of residential setting and what individuals at different family life cycle stages view as the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Decision Making, Environmental Influences, Family Life
POWELL, CATHERINE; ZISMAN, S.B.
THIS REPORT TREATS THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN MOVING FROM AN OLD CAMPUS AND CREATING A NEW CAMPUS. IT IS BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES OF FOUR COLLEGES WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SKIDMORE COLLEGE IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. WHICH HAS DECIDED TO MOVE. THE QUESTIONS DISCUSSED CENTER AROUND SUCH TOPICS AS THE REASON FOR MOVING, THE KIND OF NEW SITE, THE KIND…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, College Planning, Construction Costs, Cooperative Planning