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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