Migration Intentions of Rural Youth: Testing an Assumed Benefit of Rapid Growth.

Seyfrit, Carole L.

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ERIC Number: EJ346036

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

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Migration Intentions of Rural Youth: Testing an Assumed Benefit of Rapid Growth.

Seyfrit, Carole L.

Rural Sociology, v51 n2 p199-211 Sum 1986

Questions one of the assumed benefits of rapid growth in rural areas--the retention of rural youths through finding employment in their home communities. Finds no relationship between migration intentions of 970 high school seniors in rural Utah counties and rapid growth in local energy-related extractive employment. (LFL)

Descriptors: Community Benefits, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities, Energy Occupations, Expectation, High School Seniors, Hypothesis Testing, Migration, Relocation, Rural Areas, Rural Development, Rural Youth, Secondary Education, Youth Employment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Policymakers; Researchers

Language: English

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