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Download full textOberle, Wayne H. – 1971
The objective of this paper was to investigate the utility of the Ginzberg developmental model for explaining differences in the types or occupational status of the role models of Negro and white rural youth at two stages of adolescence. Data were obtained from 484 youth residing in East Texas in their sophomore and senior years in high school. In…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Decision Making Skills, Ethnic Studies
Klemer, Richard H.; Kivett, Vira R. – 1971
The 3 main objectives of this study, the fourth and final phase of an investigation to determine the information and services obtained and desired by rural parents during 4 stages of child rearing, were to determine: (1) the sources from which parents of adolescents received information and services regarding child care and development; (2) the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Rearing, Information Needs
Kuvlesky, William P.; Monk, Philip M. – 1975
Historical change in occupational and educational status projections of Texas rural Mexican American teenage boys and girls between 1967 and 1973 were examined. The study determined the nature and extent of historical change patterns occurring among these youth in reference to the following dimensions of occupational and educational status…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis
Kuvlesky, William P.; Venegas, Moises – 1974
The document tested the level of generalization of a recent conclusion from past research (see ED075156) on nonmetropolitan (NM) south and southwest Texas Mexican American teenagers: that these youths have predominantly high and strong status aspirations and expectations. Earlier findings on NM Mexican American youth supported Merton's thesis that…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescents, Aspiration, Career Choice
Furlong, Andy; Cartmel, Fred; Powney, Janet; Hall, Stuart – 1997
This report presents the results of an 18-month research project that studied the effectiveness of youth work with vulnerable young people. The research, representing six distinct geographical areas of Scotland characterized by disadvantage, focused on young people aged 13 to 16. In each neighborhood, the project examined the experiences of young…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Financial Support
Kuvlesky, William P. – 1978
Utilizing data collected from high school sophomores in 1972 and 1973, the study investigated the religious behavior and orientations of rural Black, White, and Mexican American youth in reference to religious affiliation, church participation, religious self-image (perceptions by peers), religious identification as an impediment to social…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis
Venegas, Moises; Kuvlesky, William – 1975
Based on comparative data from two 1973 studies, this study examined whether or not the occupational and educational status projections and language usage patterns of Mexican American teenagers living in a large metropolitan area differed from those of teenagers living in isolated, relatively small nonmetropolitan places. The two separate, but…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Aspiration, Comparative Analysis
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Evaluation and Research (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This factbook on youth employment contains 58 graphs and tables of data concerning social and economic indicators of the employment and employability development of youth aged 14 to 24 as per 1979. Indicators examined are population growth and distribution, marital and family status, educational status, labor force and employment status by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Crime, Delinquency
