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Download full textSchwarzweller, Harry K. – 1963
The project was designed to follow up a specific population of young men from 11 rural counties in eastern Kentucky, who at the time of the study in 1960 had been out of the eighth grade for 10 years. The sample consisted of 307 men taken from eighth grade enrollment lists for the school year 1949-50. The purpose of the study was to investigate…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Educational Background, Employment Patterns, Family Mobility
Photiadis, John D.; And Others – 1974
The purposes of this paper are to (1) present a theoretical background on the reasons for the hastened exodus of rural Appalachians and (2) describe occupational patterns of Appalachians and, in particular, West Virginians in Cleveland, Ohio. The data presented were secured in 1967 by a survey of West Virginians living in the so-called Appalachian…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment Patterns, Income, Job Satisfaction
Nicholson, Beryl – 1981
In Norway, there has been a change from net out-migration from rural areas to net in-migration since about 1970; however, this apparent change is a manifestation of changes in occupational patterns and characteristics of certain age groups. The rise in technical and professional occupations has been dramatic, and a particularly high proportion of…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Agricultural Occupations, Blue Collar Occupations, Career Choice
