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"I don't know how they manage," is the usual middle class response to being told of the incomes of people dependent on pensions and low wages. Genuine concern is tempered by the knowledge that in some way 'they' do manage. There is no apparent starvation, few reports of malnutrition. There are no people begging in the streets or living in packing cases, except of course the aborigines, who have always been seen as exceptions.

3 VARIABLES ARE CONSIDERED AS INFLUENCING DECISIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO MERGE RESOURCES--IN THIS CASE THE FORMATION OF A JUNIOR COLL: (1) FISCAL CONSIDERATIONS, (2) SC SIMILARITY, & (3) TRANSACTIONS, OR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES. A CASE STUDY WAS MADE FROM 1963 TO 1967 OF THE HIGHLAND PARK/DEERFIELD, ILL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT; ALL 3 VARIABLES WERE INVESTIGATED, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE TRANSACTION VARIABLE, WHICH WAS MEASURED BY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION & CONTENT ANALYSIS. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 9 OTHER CHICAGO SUBURBAN DISTRICTS DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD WAS ALSO MADE. THESE STUDIES SHOWED THAT: (A) CLUSTERS OF COMMUNITIES ARE A MORE BASIC SUBMETROPOLITAN UNIT THAN THE COUNTY, (B) THE LOCAL PRESS PROVIDES A USEFUL MEASURE OF SOCIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN COMMUNITIES, (C) THESE INTERACTIONS TEND TO BE QUITE SELECTIVE, (D) COLLABORATION ON COMBINING RESOURCES IS INHIBITED BY THE LACK OF TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES, (E) COMMUNITY FACTORS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN FISCAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SCHOOL DISTRICT COLLABORATION, & (F) THE TRANSACTION VARIABLE MAY BE CONSIDERED AS HAVING POWER SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER VARIABLES. 2 TABLES. J. N. MAYER.