Family and Social Structural Influences on the Career Orientations of Rural Mexican-American Youth.

Gecas, Viktor

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ERIC Number: EJ228631

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Publication Date: 1980

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Family and Social Structural Influences on the Career Orientations of Rural Mexican-American Youth.

Gecas, Viktor

Rural Sociology, v45 n2 p272-289 Sum 1980

Situational obstacles stemming from cultural and economic circumstances (migrant status, time away from school for work, etc.) were observed to have at least as much influence on the Mexican American child's educational and occupational aspirations as the more commonly stressed family interaction variables such as parental aspiration and emphasis on education. (Author/DS)

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Children, Correlation, Disadvantaged Environment, Expectation, Family Environment, Mexican Americans, Migrants, Motivation, Occupational Aspiration, Parent Aspiration, Rural Youth, Social Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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