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la Career Plans of
L Migratmg from home county after
  { Rural Kgntucky completing school is a se1·ious
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__ By HARRY K. SCHWARZWELLER
ll [)t']1(ll`l7ll('7ll of Rural Sociology
f` As young people approach graduation from high é ussvlm ”""”°
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g school, flltly lUllSt begin formulatrng some very ggrrgug Willi'; _\u\*‘ • •
plans about their future careers in the work world.  
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`* \Vhat they decide depends, in part, on available DLIVILLTCHN ° nunuz
tw opportunities and, in part, on their own personal ,
 p abilities and interests.
" A recent U. K. Agricultural Experiment Station
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• study was designed to determine the pattern of career % °Ll'§u°:l.?$ - `°¢u¤i»ii`¤zs
Plans Ol Seniors in Nu-al K€“*¤CkY high SChO0lS> and Location of the eight counties included in the U(jill`CCl`"
` to hhil Out hOW Chhtaih 5OCli1l and Chltuml back- survey. The shaded areas designate the four "Bluegrass"
  _ ground factors affect the career-choosing process} counties; dark areas are the "mountain" counties.
The information was obtained by questionnaire in
l the 5P1`hlg Of 1959 hmh 248 girls and 203 hOY5 in the Central Bluegrass Region (]essamine, Anderson.
  th€ 5€‘hi01` classes Of 8 wuuty high 5Ch0Ol5» 4 lh Scott, and Clark counties) and 4 in the Eastern
I i rm Mountain Region (Powell, Menifee, \Volfe, and
. if llVlOI'C lI1f0l`ll]t`ltlOl] ill)Ol1t tl]lS study lllld i'l1](liIlgS iIp]_)C2l1`S ' . ' s
_ in the author’s "Sociocultural Factors and the Career Aspir— Elllott ('Ouutl€S)`
¥" ations and Plans of Rural Kentucky High School Seniors], R . I C .
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station Progress Report 94. eglonu ompcnscn
‘  — ‘ The Eastern and Central Kentucky seniors exhibited
`— much the same nattern of choice in their vocational »
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Yes  Don'? Know No and educational goals. In both regions, similar pro-
U Pl°"TT° WS 55*   "Z portions of high school seniors planned to go to
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· ·llege and similar proportions planned on high-
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Pl hhs 294   ZW status; occupational careers such as the professions.
¢` However, as anyone familiar with the economies
.. Yes N° of these regions might anticipate, a much larger pro-
'_ pnqn For nors azz sax _t. { E, _t)_ K)t _k7 __ . __ lr t lm _
High Smus por ion o as ein tn uc y seniors pan o tavt
-. Occ., qfjqn _ their home counties and nursue their careers elsewhere
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_ __ after finishing school. Approxnnately 55 percent ol
nig; Yes Dom Know No the Eastern Kentucky se1;iog4boys said ihgy rguniecl
. . Plun To ms HZ   ZH to nngiatt, compaict witi - pticcnt o tit. cntia
do h*°°"§ Kentucky boys. About 63 percent of thc Eastern
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I A County cms SM   ,67; Kentucky girls planned to migrate, compared with
'*" g -10 iercent of the Central Kcntuckv iirls.
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' {_ Yes N  Furthermore, Eastern Kentucky seniors, as a group,
P pmfe, roy; 4QZ M expressed more uncertainty about their career plans
f*‘» gfbfldn than seniors iu Central Kentucky schools. Career
esl ence GIRLS 68% 52% opportunities for youths arc quite (llfljCl`CIlt in these
y (Zarcer plans of senior boys and girls in cight ,~m·u] Km. two l`<‘lll0ll5s Wli1Cl1 is reflected in the tlillcrcmju]
` K tucky high schools (248 girls and 203 boys). (Continued on Page G)
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