While both whites and nonwhites have similarly high aspirations, study results show positive linkage between class and community size, and actual expectation. These factors may significantly discourage the development of high level vocational plans of capable adolescents from rural, lower class environments. (CJ)

Cluster-analytic technique classified 189 rural adolescents according to career indecision type as measured by Career Decision Scale. Resulting three-cluster solution described types of career indecision experienced by adolescents in early exploration stage. Clusters span continuum that includes tentatively decided-crystallizing preferences,…

THIS PAMPHLET DISCUSSES FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE OCCUPATIONAL CHOICES OF RURAL YOUTH. IT ALSO COMPARES (1) THE CAREER CHOICES OF RURAL AND URBAN YOUTH, (2) THE OCCUPATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF RURAL AND URBAN YOUTH, AND (3) THE FACTORS WHICH DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN FARM-REARED BOYS PLANNING TO FARM AND THOSE PLANNING NONFARM CAREERS. SUGGESTIONS FOR…

The vocational choices (industrial and/or agricultural) of 863 adolescents from 4 rural Italian provinces of differing socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds were analyzed in terms of the motivational need underlying vocational choice. These provinces included the traditionally rural Cosenza in southern Italy, the more developed Treviso and Reggio…

A profile of 150 out-of-school rural Botswana youth revealed most were ages 16-18, 55% female, 52% with only primary education, and 60% unemployed. The majority chose farm occupations. Problems of rural areas included lack of educational and recreational facilities, employment security, health education, and access to land. Youth clubs, vocational…

The purpose of this review is to indicate the need for longtitudinal research to evaluate the significance of aspirations in predicting occupational attainment. Data for this study were collected from a longitudinal study of 152 males and females interviewed as high school seniors in 1948 and re-interviewed in 1956. The analysis of data suggests…

The early career experiences of a group of young people from a sparsely populated out-migration area of Michigan were studied. In 1957, all the juniors and seniors enrolled in the county's 6 school districts responded to questionnaires which sought to explore several aspects of their situations near the end of high school. Factors examined…

Urban (n=51) and rural (n=43) high school seniors completed measures of career maturity and career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE). Career development attitude was the most significant predictor of CDMSE. Rural seniors scored significantly higher on career development knowledge. (SK)

Comprised of 20 tables of data, this paper presents the statistical data on the historical changes in occupational status projections of Northeast Alabama youth in 1966 and 1972. The data pertain to: (1) frequency distributions of occupational orientations by race and sex; and (2) changes in occupational aspirations, expectations, anticipatory…

Describes a cross-national study of teaching as a career goal among youth in rural regions of Norway, Germany, and the United States. Various determinants of career-choosing behavior were studied: sex-role factor, residence, father's occupational status, and achieved scholastic performance level. Results show that teaching allows lower status…

Rural male (N=99) classified in an earlier study as low or high identification males were surveyed five years after graduation. Results indicate statistical differences between groups on occupational status and achievement, educational achievement, and optimism about the future. (Author)

PRESENTED ARE ABSTRACTS AND EVALUATIVE COMMENTARIES OF 47 PUBLISHED, EMPIRICAL RESEARCH FINDINGS ON OCCUPATIONAL STATUS ORIENTATIONS OF RURAL YOUTH. THE ANNOTATIONS ARE LIMITED TO ONLY THOSE ASPECTS OF THE FINDINGS BEARING DIRECTLY ON OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATION, OCCUPATIONAL EXPECTATION, AND ANTICIPATORY DEFLECTION FROM OCCUPATIONAL GOALS. EACH…

ONE OF A SERIES INTENDED TO SERVE AS A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF THE LITERATURE, FROM DIVERSE PUBLICATIONS, DISCIPLINES, AND AGENCIES, ON THE STATUS PROJECTIONS (ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS) OF YOUTH, THIS REPORT LISTS 142 CITATIONS, INCLUDING BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, BULLETINS, REPORTS, AND UNPUBLISHED MATERIAL, WHICH ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY…

In recent years, the emphasis of career education has been placed on career guidance at a much earlier age. The S-63 Southern Regional Research Committee designed three programs for use in a study about influences on occupational goals of youths in three subcultures (rural and urban Negro and Appalachian rural white). Since children most…