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Leviatan, Uri; Orchan, Elliette – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1982
Concern exists that youth leaving the kibbutz have no occupation skills needed to secure work in the outside world. In a survey, two opposing hypotheses were examined: (1) kibbutz-born persons will be unable to adapt to outside life because of educational limitations; and (2) because of their education, kibbutz-born persons will display…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Collective Settlements, Dropouts, Employment Patterns
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Leviatan, Uri; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1986
Data are presented demonstrating that the life expectancy of kibbutz members--both men and women--is higher than that of the overall Jewish population in Israel. These data add to and support other research findings illustrating the more positive mental health and well-being found among kibbutz members than among other comparative populations.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Collective Settlements, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries
Leviatan, Uri – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1982
Increase in the number of individuals pursuing postsecondary schooling involves economic and social costs to the kibbutz. "Educational revolution" in the kibbutz refers to growing aspirations of the kibbutzim toward higher education. Measures taken by the kibbutz movement and individual kibbutzim to counteract the problems created by the…
Descriptors: Collective Settlements, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change