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Peer reviewedBajema, Duane H.; Miller, W. Wade; Williams, David L. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2002
Of 883 Iowa high school seniors, 60% lived in towns, 40% on farms. Both groups had a high level of congruence between educational and occupational aspirations and perceived minimal barriers to goal achievement. Farm and town students had equally diverse aspirations. (Contains 23 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, High Schools, Occupational Aspiration
Download full textSchonert, Kimberly A.; And Others – 1989
A study to obtain follow-up information on graduates from small Iowa school districts was conducted in 1988 to identify rural youth's "educational pathways" during the first 5 years after high school graduation. The sample of high school graduates was randomly drawn from 11 of 98 rural Iowa school districts with an enrollment fewer than…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Graduates
Bills, David B.; And Others – 1989
Ranking 49th in total employment growth between 1978 and 1986, Iowa actually lost 0.48% of its workforce each year. Income fell 2.2% annually between 1978-86 (10% per annum in the farm industry) and unemployment rates doubled since the mid-1970s. This 1988 study describes the school-to-work transition of a sample of high school graduates, class of…
Descriptors: Career Change, College Attendance, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns
Direct linkPeden, Ann R.; Reed, Deborah B.; Rayens, Mary Kay – Journal of Rural Health, 2005
Purpose: The purposes of this pilot study were to examine prevalence of depressive symptoms among rural adolescents and identify related social and environmental variables. Methods: A convenience sample of 299 14- to 18-year-old agriculture class students at 5 rural high schools in Kentucky and Iowa completed a survey that included demographic…
Descriptors: Incidence, Suicide, Rural Areas, Family Relationship
