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…

The historical change in occupational status projections of Georgia rural youth were examined. Using the time span from 1966 to 1972, the county was the sampling unit used to select sample schools. Criteria used to select sample counties were that they be: (1) rural, (2) characterized by low socioeconomic status, and (3) representative of all…

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,…

The impact of school racial context (percentage of Anglo students in school and degree of Anglo peer group integration) and student background characteristics (sex, race, educational attainment of father of school racial context differed for Blacks intentions was addressed. A random subsample of Anglo (1,367), Black (1,172), and Hispanic (430)…