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Community Attachment in a Rural Setting: A Refinement and Empirical Test of the Systemic Model.
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Beggs, John J.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1996
Study in three small Louisiana towns introduced operational refinements to a systemic model of individual attachment to community in which length of residence, social position, life cycle stage, and local economic conditions influence social networks, participation in school and community groups, and community satisfaction. Discusses implications…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Citizen Participation, Community Attitudes, Community Satisfaction
Community Size, Individual Social Position, and Community Attachment.
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Stinner, William F.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1990
Linear development and systemic models of community attachment were tested using survey responses of 415 nonmetropolitan Utah residents. Community size did not have independent inverse effects on community attachment dimensions: involvement, amity, and sentiment. Community size and five social position variables produced interactive effects.…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Size, Educational Attainment
Boomtowns and Social Disruption.
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England, J. Lynn; Albrecht, Stan L. – Rural Sociology, 1984
Evaluates the hypothesis that boomtowns enter a period of generalized crisis and loss of traditional values/attitudes; considers impact of energy development on residents' involvement in/attachment to their community, and perceived quality of community services. Uses linear and systemic models on data from three intermountain communities…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation, Community Attitudes, Community Satisfaction
Who Is Rural? A Typological Approach to the Examination of Rurality.
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Miller, Michael K.; Luloff, A. E. – Rural Sociology, 1981
Results of a multiple discriminant analysis suggest that, although current residence and occupation are correlated with a rural culture, place of residence at age 16 along with several personal demographic features such as religion, income, and age, are more central to understanding the broader concept of rurality. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Community Attitudes, Cultural Background