Examines a Mexican "culture of migration," in which U.S. migration becomes an expectation for young people. Among approximately 7,000 secondary students surveyed in Zacatecas (Mexico), adolescents from families involved in U.S. migration were more likely to aspire to live and work in the United States, increasing the likelihood they…

A 19-year multiwave panel study (1976-95) in suburban Toronto (Ontario), tracking adolescents into their mid-30s, found a "sleeper effect" of adolescent rebellion. Delinquent youth dropped out of school; showed no significant signs of distress in early adulthood; but were frequently unemployed by midlife, with accompanying feelings of…

In Tswana villages in Botswana, 122 mothers of secondary-school-age daughters were interviewed. Maternal attitudes toward fertility, child rearing, and schooling were more influential in explaining daughters' propensity to leave school than were generic facets of the family economy framework. However, maternal influences were conditioned by level…