Purpose. This research was concerned with factors which influenced success by participants in a pilot educational housing program in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The variables selected for study included (1) socio-demographic characteristics of age, occupation, race, number in home, number of rooms, home ownership, level of income and level of education, (2) technicians' knowledge and attitudes, and (3) the degree of anomie within families. The objectives of the study were to: (1) determine the degree of success families attained in the educational housing program; (2) demonstrate the relationship of certain sociodemographic variables to degree of success in the educational housing program; (3) provide information which would determine if the technicians' knowledge and attitudes made a difference in the degree of success families reached in the educational program; and (4) ascertain whether there was a high degree of anomie among families who lacked success in the program.

Methodology. The population consisted of families who had been enrolled in the educational housing program for a period of not less than one year, who lived in the designated depressed areas of the county and who were low-income families. Some were relocatees in new homes acquired through loans from the Farmers Home Administration. A sample of approximately 200 was drawn from the population for the study and was representative of the six geographical areas in which the technicians worked. A check list was used to measure the degree of success each family reached in the educational program and an interview survey instrument was administered to the families in the sample by the technicians to collect the socio-demographic data. Included with this survey was the anomie scale which measured the degree of anomie within each family. A test for assessing the technicians' knowledge of teaching-learning principles and strategies and a Likert-type attitude scale provided data concerning the effect of technician contact with degree of success by families. Statistical tests used in the study included analysis of variance, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, test for linear trend, point multiserial correlation coefficient, and t-test.

Findings. Significant overall success was evidenced in the educational housing program which indicated it had helped families. A small percent (6%) had little or no success and a large percent (94%) made some or all of the desired housing improvements. The socio-demographic variables of age, number of rooms, number in household, home ownership, level of income and level of education were significantly related to degree of success that families attained in the program. Three of these, on a limited basis, proved to be predictors of success. These were number of rooms, number in household and level of income. Overcrowding and low income were restricting influences on a family's success in an educational housing program. The housing technicians had sufficient knowledge to make them effective in working with families and tl1eir positive attitudes showed a tendency toward a positive relationship to greater degrees of success by families. Anomie within families had an important influence on a family's success in the program but could not be used as a predictor of success. It is recommended that other characteristics of families, such as attitude changes, knowledge gained and others be used in evaluating families' participation in educational housing programs. Further study is needed into responsibilities that families must carry in daily living which hinder their progress in educational programs.