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Peer reviewedEdington, Everett; Hays, Leonard – Adolescence, 1978
In 1975, questionnaires were given to 587 sophomores and seniors in 12 rural high schools. Findings included significant differences between ethnic groups on expected and desired family size and marriage age; but no differences between age groups. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, American Indians, Aspiration, Cultural Differences
Download full textALLER, CURTIS C. – 1967
THE VALUE ORIENTATION OF MANY RURAL YOUTH FAILS TO BRING ABOUT SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION INTO THE COUNTRY'S LABOR FORCE. THIS FAILURE IS MORE PRONOUNCED WITH THOSE YOUTH WHO EXPERIENCE EXTREME ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE FROM A MINORITY GROUP SUCH AS NEGROES, SPANISH AMERICANS, OR INDIANS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR…
Descriptors: American Indians, Aspiration, Blacks, Family (Sociological Unit)
Edington, Everett D. – 1976
Levels of educational and occupational aspiration and expectation of 139 male and female, rural, New Mexican, American Indian youth (sophomores and seniors) were examined. Utilizing questionnaires and fixed-choice stimulus questions, data were gathered to determine: educational and occupational aspirations and expectations; goal deflections for…
Descriptors: American Indians, Aspiration, College Seniors, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedChu, Lily; Culbertson, Jeanne – Research in Rural Education, 1982
Examines educational expectations, aspirations, and anticipatory goal deflections of 73 high school sophomores and seniors with a variety of racial-ethnic backgrounds from 3 isolated rural Alaska schools. Reports significant differences between groups and schools; rural Alaskan Natives showed much lower expectations and aspirations than any other…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Aspiration, Educational Attitudes
Edington, Everett D. – 1978
Rural youth are a diverse group not only geographically, but socioeconomically, ethnically, and culturally as well. Historically, the rural student has not achieved as well as his urban counterpart in high school or in post secondary education. There is evidence that this is beginning to change and that rural students are doing as well or better…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Aspiration, Cultural Differences
Edington, Everett D.; And Others – 1975
Fixed-choice stimulus questions were distributed to students from 12 New Mexico rural high schools (randomly selected), and responses were derived from 139 Native, 171 Anglo, and 240 Mexican American students in the 10th and 12th grades. Responses indicated educational, occupational, and residential aspirations and expectations and goal…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anglo Americans, Aspiration, Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, Las Cruces, NM. – 1977
One of a series on selected topics, this bibliography of resource materials and research findings is drawn from ERIC documents; the 42 citations on rural youth cover expectations and aspirations about education, occupation, residence, marriage, and procreation (several are historical change studies), and focus on such influences as race, sex,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Aspiration, American Indians, Anglo Americans
Kuvlesky, William P. – 1976
Studies on U.S. rural youth indicate current regional and ethnic diversity; limited rural-urban differences; and some limited social change in terms of values, needs, and aspirations. The size of the rural youth population is considerable (25,013,948 out of a total youth population of 93,313,518 in 1970). The majority of rural youth are white…
Descriptors: American Indians, Aspiration, Blacks, Cultural Differences
