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Ashley R. Niccolai; Sarah Damaske; Jason Park – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022
Using data from sixty-eight interviews conducted with men and women raised in rural counties in Pennsylvania, we ask how growing up in rural settings shapes people's aspirations regarding work over three periods. We find that participants' early aspirations during their late teens were shaped by rurality, gender, and class. During the transition…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Employment Potential, Rural Population, Occupational Aspiration
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Schmitt-Wilson, Sarah; Downey, Jayne A.; Beck, Ashley E. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2018
Understanding patterns of educational attainment among rural youth is a critical concern for our nation as we seek to make postsecondary access and attainment more equitable across our increasingly diverse student population. The current study examines data collected in the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 to identify contemporary patterns of…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Educational Attainment, Context Effect, Longitudinal Studies