This paper analyzes three models of labor demand solving for the change in wages of a given labor group due to a change in the size of a birth cohort. When the production function includes age-schooling groups as separate factors, an increase in the size of one birth cohort changes the size of several labor market groups. (Author/CT)

While most American children are not poor, the proportion of children living in poverty has remained at or near 20 percent since the early 1980s. Childhood poverty can have short- and long-term negative consequences for children. Growing up at or near the poverty line can affect the quality of a family's housing, children's access to nutritious…

This article describes a study conducted to determine what differences, if any, exist between the traditional emergent values that are held by different school age groups and the direction and amount of those differences. (Author)

Male and female students, ages 5-19, were subjected individually to an obviously and unanimously wrong decision by a group of their same-sex peers. Conformity differed among the age groups but not between the sexes. Maximum conformity was found in the adolescent age group. (Author)

The first detailed survey made in the field of adult literacy in Kenya, undertaken at the request of the Board of Adult Education. (EB)

Results indicated that first-and fifth-grade students' preferences for incentive objects remained stable even though levels of novelty and familiarity were manipulated. (Author/DB)

Aging alone does not deter political participation. Income and a feeling of pessimism are more important factors. Participation can be improved by enhancing social and economic conditions among the elderly and reducing negative stereotypes. (JAC)

Examines variations in receiver perceptions of language samples from male and female speakers from four different age groups. Characteristics analyzed include sociointellectual status, aesthetic quality, and dynamism of the speakers. (JMF)

An observational field study documents the early appearances of group behaviors in different age groups of preschool children in communal settings in Israel. (CM)

Although the use of date of birth is a method of classifying people has certain legal advantages because it provides a convenient dividing line, it results in misclassification of people into inappropriate categories. (Author/AM)

Notes that programs to insure the elderly's community or social participation in the later years must be designed with the input of elderly and retired citizens. (Author/AM)

Notes that attempts to apply research findings based on undifferentiated comparisons between black and white elderly toward the solution of problems faced by black elderly are doomed to ineffectiveness. (Author/AM)

Discusses library buildings and their role in building community. Reviews current design trends, including reading and study spaces; collaborative workspaces; technology-free zones; archives and special collections; cultural events spaces; age-specific spaces; shared spaces; natural light and landscapes; and interior design trends. (LRW)