The first part of a revised series of bibliographic listings relating to the study of occupational status projections (aspirations and expectations) of youth is presented. The original bibliographic listings were accomplished in 1966 and were updated in 1967. The current document replaces Part I of the 1967 report and contains an additional 200…

This bibliography of three reports updates the 1967 series of comprehensive listings of available research literature on status projections of youth. It is intended to serve as a guide for researchers to use in planning new studies and in providing a broader base for interpreting results of studies already completed. Reports I and II contain…

Research dealing with the occupational status orientations of Negro youth is described and evaluated. Occupational status orientations are defined as projections by individuals of potential or probable future positions within the structure of occupational statuses. Of the 24 studies abstracted, six are concerned solely with Negro youth, four…

In a study of military orientations of 98 Black high school sophmores in selected nonmetropolitan East Texas counties and iii Black sophmores from a Houston, Texas high school, the following hypotheses were examined: (1) nonmetropolitan Blacks have a more positive orientation toward military service than metropolitan Blacks; (2) lower-class…

The third part of a revised series of bibliographic listings relating to the study of youth status projections for residence, income, and family is presented. The original bibliographic listings were accomplished in 1966 and were updated in 1967. The current document replaces Part III of the 1967 report and contains an additional 52 listings (for…

The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework to describe and account for dynamic properties of status projection phenomena. The effort is limited in the main to consideration of occupational and educational status projections, and emphasis is given to the particular characteristics and attributes of the rural social milieu…

Theoretical statements by Talcott Parsons and others were used as a basis in deriving the hypothesis that degree of identification with the Mexican American subculture among adolescents is inversely related to desire for upward social mobility. (Author)

It was concluded from the findings that the boys and girls studied did maintain a consistently high-level frame of reference. It was observed that boys tended to hold slightly higher educational and income goals and to demonstrate a higher level of consistency across goal levels in their frame of reference. (Author)

The paper represents a continuing effort at correcting misleading myths about the aspirations and expectations of disadvantaged rural youth. Useless or harmful policies and programs may result from the following erroneous assumptions: (1) that rural youth have low level aspirations for attainment; (2) that disadvantaged youth have low level…

Relevant problems facing rural Blacks and Chicanos are discussed in this paper. It is argued that the "American Dream" creates unrealistically high aspirations and expectations for rural youth and the disadvantaged minorities. If rural youth do not choose to migrate to the urban centers, their only alternative is to take whatever employment is…

The status projections of high school sophomores residing in rural East Texas were surveyed in spring of 1972. Focus was on their aspirations and expectations for status attainment in occupation, education, income, and type of place of residence. In each area, four elements of status projections were examined: aspiration level, expectation level,…

The purpose of this paper is to utilize data from 478 East Texas Negro sophomores to determine what extent (nonmetropolitan or metropolitan) residence and sex differences exist in the identity of reference individuals selected by adolescents. Major findings were (1) that place of residence makes less difference in the selection patterns than does…

Four nonmetropolitan South Texas counties were the target areas in exploring the proposition that dropouts should have lower aspirations and expectations than their in-school age peers. Data were obtained from approximately 600 Mexican American high school sophomores and 75 dropout age peers residing in the counties studied in 1968 and 1969. The…

Utilizing data obtained from youth residing in nonmetropolitan areas of Texas, ethnic comparisons were made by sex on several dimensions of occupational and educational status projections. The findings indicated that the three ethnic groups were generally similar, except in reference to status expectations and intensity of aspiration. (Author)

Historical change in occupational and educational status projections of Texas rural Mexican American teenage boys and girls between 1967 and 1973 were examined. The study determined the nature and extent of historical change patterns occurring among these youth in reference to the following dimensions of occupational and educational status…