The influence of the staggered magnetic field h on properties of the one-dimensional t-J and Hubbard models with nearly half-filled bands are studied. Using the exact diagonalization method for small systems as well as analytical approaches possible in the anisotropic model and for h\ensuremath{\gg}t, we determine the phase diagram of the t-J-h model at low doping, which displays three different regimes: the phase with repelling holes for J
Jc, the phase with paired holes for
JcJ
Js, and the phase separation for J>
Js. Employing for h\ensuremath{\ne}0 the analogy with the universal behavior of one-dimensional interacting fermions within the Luther-Emery regime, we calculate the charge exponent ${\mathit{K}}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\rho}}}$, which can be ${\mathit{K}}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\rho}}}$>1 in the pairing regime, indicating dominant superconducting fluctuations. An analogous analysis, in particular the perturbation expansion in t/h, performed for the Hubbard t-U-h model shows a phase of stable hole pairs for U
Uc. Again ${\mathit{K}}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\rho}}}$ seems to approach a nonuniversal value at half-filling.
We have used exact diagonalization and quantum Monte Carlo methods to study the one-dimensional t-J model including the three-site hopping term derived from the strong-coupling limit of the Hubbard model. The three-site term may be important to superconducting correlations since it allows direct hopping of local singlet electron pairs. The phase diagram is determined for several values of the strength of the three-site term and compared with that of the t-J and Hubbard models. Phase separation, which exists in the t-J model, is suppressed. In the low electron density region the formation of local singlet electron pairs is enhanced, leading to stronger superconducting correlations even for values J/t2. A large spin gap region extends from low electron densities up to high densities. In the low hole density region the superconducting correlations are suppressed at J/t>2.8 in spite of enhanced pair formation. This is because the three-site term, while enhancing the formation of electron pairs, leads to a repulsion between holes.