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BURCHINAL, LEE G.; AND OTHERS – 1962
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…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitude Change, Bibliographies, Career Choice
Tallichet, Suzanne E.; Willits, Fern K. – 1984
A panel of 294 non-metropolitan Pennsylvania women was studied first in 1970 when they were high school sophomores and again in 1981 to assess the relationship between traditional and nontraditional role behaviors and changes in sex-role attitudes. As adolescents in 1970, the women were either extremely liberal or traditional. As young adults in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Daughters, Educational Attainment
Stuart, Nina G.; Dunkelberger, J. E. – 1974
Historical changes reflected in the educational goals of black and white high school seniors in 1966 and 1972 were compared. The five orientation dimensions studied were aspiration, expectation, goal deflection, goal certainty, and goal intensity. Data were collected in the four contiguous Northeast Alabama counties of Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Anglo Americans, Attitude Change, Blacks
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
Dunkelberger, J. E.; And Others – 1974
In 1965, a youth aspiration study was initiated in six southern states. Data were first collected in 1966 from 10th grade students in selected high schools. In 1968, 12th grade students attending the same schools completed questionnaires. Then, in 1972, a stratified random sample was taken of 1,226 young adults who were previously examined. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Age Groups, Attitude Change
Ohlendorf, George W. – 1974
Change in place of residence projections among rural Louisiana high school seniors was analyzed for the years 1968 and 1972. A proportionate, stratified random cluster sampling technique was employed for sample selection. A total of 20 schools (13 white and 7 black) constituted sample selection for 1968. In 1972 public school integration and…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Aspiration, Attitude Change, Blacks
Stuart, Nina G.; Dunkelberger, J. E. – 1974
Composed entirely of statistical tables, this report documents historical change in the residential projections of Northeast Alabama youth. Comparing 1968 data with 1972 data, tabulations are presented by race (black and white), sex, and place of residence (large city, small city, town and village, open country nonfarm and farm) for the following…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitude Change, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Smith, Kevin B.; Ohlendorf, George W. – 1975
Changes in marital and procreative projections among rural Louisiana high school youth between 1968 and 1972 were examined. In 1968 a proportionate, stratified, random cluster sampling technique was employed to secure data on seniors from 13 white and 7 black high schools. In 1972 public school integration and the establishment of private schools…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitude Change, Blacks, Children