Comparing survey responses of U.S. rural youth (1,142 males and 1,148 females) with those of Norwegian rural youth (660 males and 650 females at the comprehensive school level and 237 males and 192 females at the secondary level), youth career orientations were analyzed in terms of career desiderata and sex differentials, social class origins, and…

Focusing specifically on teaching as a career goal among rural youth in Norway, Germany, and the United States, this cross-national comparative study took into account the general patterning of career ambitions in each society--upward mobility opportunities, status attainment strategies, and organizational character of the educational systems…

Based upon the unpublished data of a study focusing upon the status projections of low-income youth from seven southern states (rural white Appalachians, rural blacks, inner-city urban blacks, and poor urban whites from one state), this paper synthesizes a longitudinal analysis of status projections. Baseline data (1969) derived from 1,500 fifth…