This report is a comparative study, conducted in 1986-87 in San Diego, California, of the adaptation of refugee youth from Vietnam, Cambodia, Indochina, and Laos. The project examined both successes and problems of these refugee youth regarding their educational and occupational attainments and aspirations, and evaluated their prospects for economic self-sufficiency in the United States. Data were culled from the Indochinese Health & Adaptation Research Project (IHARP), records of the San Diego City Schools and the San Diego County Probation Department, and intensive interviews with 76 informants. Findings are presented in the following areas: (1) characteristics of San Diego high school students; (2) grade point averages of San Diego high school students; (3) characteristics of Southeast Asian students and their parents; (4) grade point averages of Southeast Asian students; (5) standardized achievement scores: comparative results; (6) determinants of educational attainment: a multivariate analysis; (7) occupational aspirations of Southeast Asian students; (8) problem areas: student dropouts, school suspensions, and juvenile delinquency; (9) adaptive resources: social class and cultural characteristics; (10) adaptive contexts: family, school, and community; and (11) adaptive strategies: acculturation and coping. The strengths and weaknesses of Vietnamese, Khmer, Hmong, and Lao students are analyzed. Data are presented on about 50 figures and tables. Eighty-three references are included. (BJV)