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Download full textCosby, Arthur G.; And Others – 1973
This report focused on the goal of investigating, within a path analytic framework, the stability and interplay of two occupational status projection variables in a Texas sample. More specifically, the dynamics of occupational aspirations and occupational expectations, observed in a three-wave rural youth panel, were analyzed using the…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Demography, Economic Factors, Expectation
Lever, Michael F. – 1974
The changes in residence projections (statements of behavior, attitudes, or beliefs about future residence status) of rural East Texas high school sophomores between 1966 and 1972 were examined. Focus was on general trends over the time span as well as those specific to race, sex, and respondent's residence. The analysis involved an…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis, Expectation
Kuvlesky, William P.; Monk, Philip M. – 1975
Historical change in occupational and educational status projections of Texas rural Mexican American teenage boys and girls between 1967 and 1973 were examined. The study determined the nature and extent of historical change patterns occurring among these youth in reference to the following dimensions of occupational and educational status…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis
Kuvlesky, William P.; And Others – 1976
Research objectives were to determine the extent to which ethnic variability existed in reference to male and female: occupational aspirations (type, level, and intensity); occupational expectations (type, level, and certainty); and anticipatory goal deflection. Data were derived from surveys of the following rural youth (high school sophomores)…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Monk, Phillip M.; Medina, Dennis – 1975
The study assessed the stability or change in the residential orientations of rural Mexican American youth living near the Texas-Mexico border, examined changes in the local social and economic environment, and made some predictions as to their effects on the students' dispositions. In the springs of 1967 and 1973, questionnaires were administered…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Expectation, Females
Sanchez, Billie Sue – 1978
To determine what effect marriage deferment might have on the ability of both sexes to achieve higher educational levels and, therefore, possibly higher occupational status, the study examined socioeconomic status, attitudes toward future educational and occupational attainments, actual educational and occupational attainments, and desired…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement, Attitudes, Black Achievement
Venegas, Moises; Kuvlesky, William – 1975
Based on comparative data from two 1973 studies, this study examined whether or not the occupational and educational status projections and language usage patterns of Mexican American teenagers living in a large metropolitan area differed from those of teenagers living in isolated, relatively small nonmetropolitan places. The two separate, but…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Aspiration, Comparative Analysis
