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Peer reviewedChan, Christopher G.; Elder, Glen H., Jr. – Rural Sociology, 2001
Analysis of data from the Iowa Youth and Families Project establishes that parents' social involvement is a source of social capital for their children. Rural children's connection to a civic culture and their involvement in community groups are encouraged by parental social participation and further enhanced by parents' ties to farming. (Contains…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Family Influence, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence
Peer reviewedMcGrath, Daniel J.; Swisher, Raymond R.; Elder, Glen H., Jr.; Conger, Rand D. – Rural Sociology, 2001
Analysis of Iowa Youth and Families Project data found three distinct routes to 4-year college attendance: the traditional path of youth with professional/managerial parents; farm youth's use of parents' community ties; and the path of resourceful lower-status rural youth, whose attainment grew from early educational ambition and varied community…
Descriptors: Aspiration, College Bound Students, Educational Attainment, Parent Background
