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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950

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other than Iowa and the midwest. At the same time 21% of the group indicated previous residence in the east and north central area. Only 8% of the heads showed birthplace and previous residence in the South. The group appears, in these terms, to be distinctly"local" or regional in background, and its adjustment can be related to a history within the present general area of residence. This is probably a basic and important factor in the status of this group in the city. It represents an extreme contrast to race relations background factors in many of the key northern urban centers, where a relatively large population of Negro residents are new and a substantial part of the immediate family history is southern and more varied. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for example, it was found that in 1945 only 9% of the Negro family heads [1] were born in the city, which compares with 30% for Burlington. 
2. The educational status of the Negro family, as revealed through the family heads of Burlington, is below the average [2] for the nation at large. According to 1947 census estimates, more than half the population over twenty years of age had completed the first year of high school. This compares with 41% of the Negro family heads in our Burlington coverage who had completed junior high school. Although 10% of the heads [3] of households for the nation had been to college in 1940, only 7 % of the Negro heads of Burlington could be counted in that category. 

1 National Conference on Family Life. The American Family: A Factual Background, 1948.
2 Pittsburgh Community Self-Survey in Race Relations, 1945.
3 Op. Cit. National Conference on Family Life.

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other than Iowa and the midwest. At the same time 21% of the group indicated previous residence in the east and north central area. Only 8% of the heads showed birthplace and previous residence in the South. The group appears, in these terms, to be distinctly"local" or regional in background, and its adjustment can be related to a history within the present general area of residence. This is probably a basic and important factor in the status of this group in the city. It represents an extreme contrast to race relations background factors in many of the key northern urban centers, where a relatively large population of Negro residents are new and a substantial part of the immediate family history is southern and more varied. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for example, it was found that in 1945 only 9% of the Negro family heads [1] were born in the city, which compares with 30% for Burlington. 2. The educational status of the Negro family, as revealed through the family heads of Burlington, is below the average [2] for the nation at large. According to 1947 census estimates, more than half the population over twenty years of age had completed the first year of high school. This compares with 41% of the Negro family heads in our Burlington coverage who had completed junior high school. Although 10% of the heads [3] of households for the nation had been to college in 1940, only 7 % of the Negro heads of Burlington could be counted in that category. 1 National Conference on Family Life. The American Family: A Factual Background, 1948. 2 Pittsburgh Community Self-Survey in Race Relations, 1945. 3 Op. Cit. National Conference on Family Life.