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Salamon, Sonya – Rural Sociology, 2003
Regional suburbanization processes are transforming rural America socially and physically, threatening the uniqueness of small towns whose diversity is a national resource. This article reviews existing holistic descriptions of American rural communities since post-World War II by rural sociologists and anthropologists. Three new community case…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Rural Areas, Geographic Location, Community Characteristics

Gecas, Viktor – Rural Sociology, 1980
Situational obstacles stemming from cultural and economic circumstances (migrant status, time away from school for work, etc.) were observed to have at least as much influence on the Mexican American child's educational and occupational aspirations as the more commonly stressed family interaction variables such as parental aspiration and emphasis…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Children, Correlation

Napier, Ted L.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1981
Among 492 rural Ohio high school students surveyed in 1979, 78.3% had used alcohol at least once and 51.3% had used marijuana at least once, contrasting previous research reporting low substance use among rural youth. Socio-demographic and family variables had only limited utility for understanding drug or alcohol abuse. (SB)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Demography, Drinking, Drug Use

Skogen, Ketil – Rural Sociology, 2001
Interviews with rural Norwegian youth about wolves and related environmental controversies found a range of viewpoints related to education and social class. The results reveal a conflict between dominant and subordinate forms of knowledge and between abstraction-oriented and production-oriented cultural forms. Modernization is removing many rural…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Culture Conflict, Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries

Lichter, Daniel T.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1993
Analysis of census data on 19,748 persons, aged 16-24, examined the extent to which higher rural than urban dropout rates are attributable to spatial differences in family structure or economic resources. Poverty status accounted for more of the higher rural dropout rate than did differences in family structure. (KS)
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment, Family Characteristics, Family Size

Seyfrit, Carole L. – Rural Sociology, 1986
Questions one of the assumed benefits of rapid growth in rural areas--the retention of rural youths through finding employment in their home communities. Finds no relationship between migration intentions of 970 high school seniors in rural Utah counties and rapid growth in local energy-related extractive employment. (LFL)
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities, Energy Occupations

Bruse, Rudolf – Rural Sociology, 1979
Describing dominant patterns of social mobility and analyzing factors determining educational and occupational attainment in farm and nonfarm sectors, this article investigates whether farm background is a handicap to status attainment in nonfarm sectors and examines the determinants of occupational status of farmers' sons in the nonfarm sector.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Characteristics, Farmers, Migration Patterns

Eloundou-Enyegue, Parfait M.; Stokes, C. Shannon – Rural Sociology, 2002
In many African countries, rural-urban kinship ties support the education and economic mobility of rural children through fosterage into urban families. Demographic survey data from central Cameroon indicate major rural-urban differences in child fosterage relative to family characteristics and child's school performance, and show lower rural…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Business Cycles, Child Welfare

McGrath, 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

Roscigno, Vincent J.; Crowley, Martha L. – Rural Sociology, 2001
Analysis of data from the National Education Longitudinal Study supported the thesis that rural adolescents' disadvantages with regard to certain family and school resources and resulting low investments in education explain rural deficits in both educational attainment and standardized achievement. (Contains 67 references.) (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Schools, Dropouts

Goe, W. Richard; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1985
To test a facilitative-constraint model, data about marijuana use was collected from 4,859 high school students in 2 rural southern Georgia counties. The model was useful for predicting frequency of use and classifying students as users, experimenters, and nonusers. Access to drugs and identification with drug-oriented groups were strong…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Drug Abuse, High School Students, Identification (Psychology)

Lyson, Thomas A. – Rural Sociology, 1986
Examines background characteristics and personal attributes as decision factors for youth migrating to or from or remaining in rural areas. Explores relationship of migration decisions to early adult social and economic attainment. Shows migration related to both sets of variables. Suggests considering local opportunity structure in labor…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Economic Status, Educational Attainment

Miller, Michael K.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1984
Estimates impact of community resource development (CRD) programs on a variety of quality of life indicators for 73 Arkansas counties that were nonmetropolitan in 1960. Results indicate that few quality of life indicators were affected in the direction intended by CRD programs. Examines substantive and methodological implications of the findings.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Dropout Prevention, Extension Education

Heaton, Tim B.; Forste, Renata – Rural Sociology, 2003
In Bolivia, a third of rural children are stunted, and rural infants are twice as likely to die before age 2 than urban infants. National survey data indicate child survival and development are related to maternal education and literacy, community sanitation practices, access to health care, and socioeconomic status. Parental knowledge about…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, American Indians, Child Development, Child Health
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