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Peer reviewedBruse, Rudolf – Rural Sociology, 1979
Describing dominant patterns of social mobility and analyzing factors determining educational and occupational attainment in farm and nonfarm sectors, this article investigates whether farm background is a handicap to status attainment in nonfarm sectors and examines the determinants of occupational status of farmers' sons in the nonfarm sector.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Characteristics, Farmers, Migration Patterns
Fuguitt, Glenn V.; And Others – 1989
A systematic description and evaluation of the socioeconomic conditions of nonmetropolitan United States provides important information for policymakers and researchers in rural education. This book is one of a series aimed at converting the statistics of the 1980 census into an analytical profile of major changes in U.S. life. The volume…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
Download full textMarshall, D. G.; And Others – 1968
This study, conducted in 1967, in Burnett and Forest Counties, Wisconsin, attempts to show the present situation of the residents of the area (characterized by low income, marginal farm land, high out-migration of the young, a disproportionately large number of the aged and the very young, high welfare costs and a dwindling tax base). The…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agency Role, Area Studies, Community Attitudes
