Areal Characteristics and Changing Community Norms.

Autor/inn/en	Chou, Bih-Er; und weitere
Titel	Areal Characteristics and Changing Community Norms.
Quelle	(1977), (31 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Age; Attitudes; Family Income; Grade 10; High School Students; Longitudinal Studies; Occupations; Population Distribution; Population Growth; Rural Areas; Rural Farm Residents; Rural Population; Rural Youth; Social Change; State Surveys; Urban Population; Urbanization; Values; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Alter; Lebensalter; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Familieneinkommen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Demographical distribution; Bevölkerungsverteilung; Population increase; Bevölkerungswachstum; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Landbevölkerung; Rural areas; Youth; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Sozialer Wandel; Stadtbevölkerung; Urbanisation; Urbanisierung; Wertbegriff
Abstract	Study objectives were to assess actual changes in normative traditionalism which had occurred in a sample of rural Pennsylvania areas and to determine the extent to which the changes in traditionalism were associated with the rurality of these areas. Utilizing a combination of socioeconomic data (census derived) and longitudinal data obtained via an attitude survey of sophomore students, the sample (N=2,601 for 1947 and 5,429 for 1970) consisted of 68 schools located in 45 of the state's 67 counties. Traditionalism was defined operationally as: irregular church attendance; divorce; drinking alcoholic beverages; use of tobacco; card playing; Sunday movies; Sabbath labor; young people loafing uptown; young people staying out late; failure in school; ways young people spend their money; and use of makeup. Independent variables employed were: population size; population density; percent urban population; percent rural farm population; median family income; percent professional, technical, and kindred workers (PTK) and managers, officials, and proprietors (MOP); median education; and median age. Results indicated norms became more permissive re: such aspects of general behavior as irregular church attendance, divorce, drinking, tobacco, card playing, Sunday movies, and Sabbath labor and toward such youth activities as spending money, staying out late, loafing uptown, and the use of makeup (the decline in traditionalism was least likely to occur in areas where the initial level of urbanization was low). (JC)
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