Describes today's youth from three different perspectives, examining how they are changing as a population cohort; their attitudes about work, marriage and family, intergenerational and interpersonal relationships, and their views about the future; and their behaviors in terms of work schedules, earnings and spending patterns, drug and substance…

Describes long-term sociodemographic trends that have shaped American women's behaviors in three role sets: as workers, as wives and sexual partners, and as childbearers. Documents reactions to trends among conservative family policy spokespersons and among progressive spokespersons and looks at contrasting policy goals and objectives of…

More than 64% of U.S. nonmetropolitan counties gained population during 1990-92, compared to 45% in the 1980s. Nonmetro population continued to grow at a slower pace than the metropolitan population, but the gap was narrower than in the 1980s. Net migration gains accounted for 43% of total nonmetro population gain, 1990-92. (Author/SV)

It is critical that nursing recruit individuals who reflect the populations served; curriculum and clinical experience should be culturally relevant. Current demographic data provide information to guide goal setting for educational programs, research, and clinical practice. (SK)

Presents possible factors that might produce lower risk for suicide among future elderly in the United States. Makes predictions of elderly suicides based on assumption of stable rather than changing rates; produces estimates of more than twice current number of suicides and proportionate increase in number of suicides from 1:5 for 1980s to 1:3 by…

Significant structural changes in employment in Britain are affecting career development. The Careers Service will be altered by demographic changes and increased need for adult guidance, especially for women, minorities, and long-term unemployed persons. (SK)

Discusses inevitability of population aging, issues of population aging, and need for countries to incorporate aging policies. Maintains that developed countries with low fertility and mortality rates are already experiencing population aging and projected declines in fertility in other developing countries will mean substantial population aging…

Changing demographics suggest that cultural diversity should be a key element in nursing and nursing education. A blueprint for the 21st century includes universal culture, culture support groups and mentoring, and a diverse critical mass of faculty, students, staff, and patients. (SK)

Census and local survey data indicate that the number of grandchildren being raised by grandparents is steadily increasing. About 32% of these grandparents are 55-64 and 20.5% are over 65. They have health, financial, and emotional concerns, and the grandchildren often have emotional, learning, and physical disabilities. (SK)

Non-metropolitan population growth has received extensive consideration since it was first observed in the United States nearly 30 years ago. The emergence, weakening and selective reappearance of this phenomenon across much of the developed world has spawned a large body of applied and academic literature. Many terms and phrases have been coined…

The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…

In 1996-1997, within the framework of the European Observatory for Population Education and Information, a comparative survey was conducted among students in final classes of secondary education in several European countries. On the one hand, the survey attempted to assess the effects of education on population in terms of knowledge acquired; the…

Responding to Johnston's projections for the future of Australian Sign Language (Auslan), I analyzed school enrollments in American educational programs and found similar trends. There are fewer deaf and hard of hearing children in school now than twenty years ago, with the largest decline, approximately 50 percent, among children with profound…

Education in rural communities is an interesting site for an analysis of the relationship between place and the cultural politics of schooling. In particular the movements of people, ideas and practices to and from, and also within, rural places suggest the need for theorizing on rural education to consider the relevance of new mobility…

This study explores the setting up and development of the first Palestinian-led education system, from 1994 to 2005. Given the context of chronic crisis, and the immensity of the endeavour, the Palestinians have made substantial progress in a relatively short time. However, the Palestinian education story does not end here. The author looks at…