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Community Factors in Secondary Educational Achievement in Appalachia.

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Stallmann, Judith I.; Johnson, Thomas G. – Youth & Society, 1996

Studies how the local economic structure, as measured by local job opportunities, affects students' educational achievements, synthesizing studies from Florida, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Appalachian Virginia. A model is proposed to explain how the value placed on education is affected by local opportunity. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Community Characteristics, Demand Occupations