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Changing Texas : implications of addressing or ignoring the Texas challenge /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murdock, Steve H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Population forecasting > Texas.
Social change > Texas.
Economic forecasting > Texas.
Education > Texas > Forecasting.
Texas > Population.
Texas > Social conditions > 21st century.
Texas > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the conceptual and empirical basis for the work
  • The state of knowledge: population, education, and socioeconomic change
  • Growth in minority populations
  • Race/ethnicity and education
  • Education, income, and socioeconomic change
  • Content of, definitions affecting, and limitations impacting this work
  • Organization
  • Cautions and clarifications
  • Definitional changes
  • Change in terms and terminology related to race/ethnicity
  • Change in policy
  • The uncertainty of projections
  • Conclusion
  • Recent and projected population change in Texas
  • Historic patterns of population change
  • Projected population
  • Summary
  • Recent and projected household change in Texas
  • Recent patterns of household change
  • Projections of households and household characteristics
  • Racial/ethnic diversity and increasing elderly
  • Growing diversity in household forms
  • Summary
  • Effects of demographic change on the size, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic characteristics of the Texas labor force
  • Recent trends in labor force characteristics
  • Current and projected future patterns of change in the labor force
  • Socioeconomic implications of the demographic change in the labor force
  • Summary
  • Effects of demographic change on selected economic factors impacting the private and public sectors of Texas
  • Economic change in the private and public sections from 2000 to 2010
  • Effects of demographic change on future economic change
  • Effects of demographic change on the private sector
  • Economic impacts of change in household types
  • Impacts of population change on households' net worth and assets
  • Demographic impacts on housing
  • Summary
  • Public elementary, secondary, and higher education
  • Historical patterns of educational change
  • Projections of enrollment in public educational institutions
  • Projected increases in specialized education programs
  • Public expenditures for education
  • Projections of unmet financial need
  • Summary
  • Health, human, and correctional services in Texas. Health and health care in Texas
  • Health related occurrences and disabling conditions
  • Health care personnel
  • Public health care assistance programs
  • Medically uninsured
  • TANF and SNAP in Texas
  • Correctional services: youth and adult
  • Summary
  • The effects of demographic change on selected transportation services and demand
  • Historic change in the characteristics of the driving population
  • Change in driving patterns of the Texas population
  • The effects of future demographic change on future transportation use
  • Age effects on transportation
  • Impact of population change on vehicle ownership ; demographic impact on workers mode of commuting
  • Alternative projection scenarios
  • Summary
  • Conclusions and implications for the future of Texas
  • The continuation of minority population growth
  • Minority status and socioeconomic resources
  • Educational attainment and socioeconomic resources
  • Baseline patterns of change
  • Projections using baseline patterns
  • Conclusions and implications.