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Career Orientations of High School Seniors in an Appalachian Coal Mining County.
Marra, John Leslie – 1971
An exploratory study focusing upon the career choosing patterns of high school seniors in a relatively isolated, coal-mining county of West Virginia is reported in this paper. The 2 basic hypotheses examined were that rural youth from upper status family backgrounds will have higher status career orientations than those from lower status family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Planning, College Attendance, Cultural Influences