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Howell, Frank M. – Youth and Society, 1981
Tests the hypothesis that migrants from their communities of origin have higher status aspirations or greater prospects for socioeconomic success. Finds only modest evidence to support this hypothesis among rural youth, and reports that only among White males are occupational and residential aspirations linked. (Author/ST)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Birth Rate, Black Youth, Life Style