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Summary information

Study title

Migration Expectations of Youth Finishing High School, 1976

Creator

Mapstone, J. R., State University of New York, Department of Sociology

Study number / PID

2056 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2056-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To test hypotheses which will distinguish high school students who are potential outmigrants from those who are not in terms of:
a) socio-economic status of the family
b) attachment to the family, and
c) size and structure of kinship group.
A second purpose is to determine if a relationship exists between migrant or non-migrant status and civic resposibility.
Main Topics:

Variables
Migration intention, socio-economic status of family (education and occupation of parents), family composition in the county and outside, participation, rural-urban residential preference, satisfaction with the community, committment to community action, academic status.
For information on scales employed, see SN:2057.

Topics

YouthHousing

Keywords

ATTITUDESCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY BEHAVIOURCOMMUNITY LEADERSCOUSINSEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDELECTIONSENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYEXPECTATIONFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY SIZEFATHERS
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/05/1976

Country

United States

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
Subnational
Migrants
Pupils
Rural residents
Urban residents

Universe

High school students completing their secondary education in three high schools in Clinton County, New York

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)
The schools were purposefully selected to represent a rural, a village and a city high school

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Self-completion

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1985

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Browns, A. and Hormans, H. (1977) Perceptual and structural determinants of youthful outmigration, [Discussion paper].: Rural Sociological Society.
  • Hormans, H. (1977) Impact of youthful outmigration on the community, [Discussion paper].: American Sociological Association.