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Download full textJordan, Max F.; And Others – 1967
A study was conducted to: determine the aspirations and capabilities of rural youth in selected low-income counties in Arkansas; relate aspirations, capabilities, and the discrepancy between the two to the experience background of the youths studied; and relate the youths' occupational plans to present and projected labor market requirements. The…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Black Students, Career Planning, Labor Market
Boyd, Virlyn A.; Pettigrew, Nancy – 1975
Changes in marriage and procreation aspirations of South Carolina high school students between 1966 and 1973 are examined. Data were collected as part of a regional project in several Southern states. During the 1966-67 school year, all 10th grade students were interviewed in 42 randomly-selected high schools stratified by students' racial…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Black Students, Expectation, Family Planning
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
KUVLESKY, WILLIAM P.; OHLENDORF, GEORGE W. – 1967
THIS PAPER PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTHWESTERN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION WAS CONCERNED WITH THE EVALUATION OF A CONCEPTUAL SCHEME DESIGNED TO STUDY SCHOOL ORIENTATION OF YOUTH AND PARTICULARLY RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN SCHOOL ORIENTATION OF RURAL YOUTH. HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES RESIDING IN SELECTED LOW INCOME COUNTIES OF TEXAS WERE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Black Youth, Conceptual Schemes
Bertrand, Alvin L.; Smith, Marion B. – 1960
The purpose of this study was to identify and explain factors which account for rural youths having lower attendance records and lower educational attainment than urban youths. The major objectives were: (1) to determine the factors affecting the school attendance and attainment of rural youths; (2) to determine the life aspirations of rural…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Aspiration, Attendance
KUVLESKY, WILLIAM P.; UPHAM, W. KENNEDY – 1967
THE PURPOSES OF AN INVESTIGATION WERE TO TEST THE PROPOSITION THAT RURAL NEGRO AND WHITE YOUTH HAVE SIMILAR LEVELS OF SOCIAL ASPIRATION AND TO EXAMINE POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS THAT CAN BE DRAWN FROM THE FINDINGS. THE RESEARCHERS HYPOTHESIZED THAT NEGRO AND WHITE YOUTH HOLD GOALS OF SIMILAR LEVELS IN REFERENCE TO INCOME, OCCUPATION, EDUCATION, AND…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Bibliographies, Black Youth, Career Choice
Gabbard, Anne V.; Coleman, A. Lee – 1976
Changes in the occupational and educational aspirations and expectations of fifth and sixth grade children over a 6-year period were studied. In 1969, a questionnaire was administered to 355 students from 4 rural mountain schools and 3 urban schools in low-income areas in 3 Kentucky counties. In 1975, 199 students from the same rural mountain…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
