Planning for the Future: An Investigation of Work-Bound Rural Youth

Autor/inn/en	Hutchins, Bryan C.; Meece, Judith L.; Byun, Soo-yong; Farmer, Thomas W.
Titel	Planning for the Future: An Investigation of Work-Bound Rural Youth
Quelle	In: Rural Educator, 33 (2012) 2, S.7-19 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-446X
Schlagwörter	Academic Aspiration; Occupational Aspiration; Family Characteristics; Investigations; Rural Youth; Educational Experience; Parents; Parent Attitudes; Expectation; Regression (Statistics); Academic Achievement; Noncollege Bound Students; High Schools; Predictor Variables; Education Work Relationship; Student Surveys; Measures (Individuals); Rural Education; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Untersuchung; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Bildungserfahrung; Eltern; Elternverhalten; Expectancy; Erwartung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schulleistung; High school; Oberschule; Prädiktor; Schülerbefragung; Messdaten; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to explore the postsecondary educational and occupational expectations of work-bound rural youth. Three groups of work-bound youth were identified (work-bound, work-bound with future educational plans, and work-bound but unsure/undecided about postsecondary education), and each group was compared to college-bound rural youth using results from a recent national investigation of the educational and occupational aspirations of rural youth. Results indicated that the majority of rural youth in this study planned to continue their education after high school (56%), followed by 34% who planned to work and further their education. Results of logistic regression analysis indicated that family characteristics and students' schooling experiences were the strongest predictors of work-bound status. Work-bound youth were more likely to report greater family economic hardship, lower parental expectations for completing college, and more negative schooling experiences than college-bound rural youth. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Rural Education Association. Web site: http://www.nrea.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10