Word: censuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Peaceful Interlude. Even though most regular air fares are higher than ever -there have been more than a dozen rate increases since 1958-foreign travel has become so routine that it has almost lost its status. According to the Census Bureau, $10,000 or less is the annual salary claimed by 50% of the U.S. tourists abroad this summer-although this includes the horde of students who are wandering the Continent. With round-trip charter fares to London sometimes under $200, it can be cheaper for Americans to vacation abroad than at home. It can be chancier as well. This...
...N.A.E.P. project is a census-like survey of what four age groups-nine, 13, 17 and 26 to 35-know in ten subject areas. From now through 1975, there will be statistical accountings, and periodic reassessments, of knowledge in citizenship, art, music, literature, mathematics, reading, writing, social studies and career development. Future reports -still retaining the basic age-group system-will be broken down geographically, sexually, racially and environmentally. The long-range purpose of national assessment is "to measure changes in knowledge and skills and improve the quality of education in the nation...
...modern Americans feel much nostalgia for the farm or the small town, and most now find the once glittering big cities tarnished with decay. The pull of the suburb has been so strong that suburbanites are becoming the most numerous element in the U.S. population. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, in 1970 suburban dwellers will number more than 71 million, taking a big lead over those inhabiting central cities (59 million) and passing the citizenry outside metropolitan areas (about 71 million...
...negotiate the demands. Negotiations broke down six days later, chiefly because of disagreement over the 20 per cent figure. The administration charged that the figure was too high and that it did not correspond to the percentage of black workers in the Boston area as indicated by the 1960 census. OBU said that the 1960 figure was out of date, and that black and third world people constituted actually more than 20 per cent of the Boston population...
Harman's estimation of the magnitude of functional illiteracy is based on the Census Bureau's calculation that in 1968 half the population had less than a twe??th-grade education...