Report on Study of Sweet Home High School Students
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Date
1982
Authors
Stockard, Jean
Johnson, Miriam M.
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Abstract
The sample includes all juniors and seniors in Sweet Home High
School who were present in the required social studies classes on the
day the questionnaires were distributed in the spring of 1982. The
questionnaires were administered by the teachers, and student participation
was voluntary. Two hundred sixty two students completed the
schedules.
The results described below are given for students in each sex
group and for two social class groups. The social class measure is
developed from the students' reports of the highest level of education
their mothers and fathers have attained. For the present analysis students
from families where neither parent has any schooling beyond high school
are termed working class (128 of the 260 students with data or 49% of
the sample). Those from families where either the mother or father
has some post high school training are termed middle class. It should
be noted that this middle class group includes relatively few students
whose mothers or fathers have graduated from college (17% of all fathers
and 12% of all mothers). While the middle class students do not have
an overly high status, they are those with the greatest exposure to
models in the home with educational experiences beyond the secondary
level. Their families might also be more likely than the others to have
an orientation that extends beyond the immediate community.
The results discussed below involve academic grades, residence
patterns, educational and occupational aspirations, future family plans,
and attitudes toward women's roles. All of the discussed results are
summarized in numerical form on the attached printouts. The pages in
parentheses below refer to the relevant pages on the printout. (Note
that to conserve paper the page numbers on the printout do not correspond
exactly to the actual pages.)
Description
9 pages
Keywords
high school students, social class, grades, residence patterns, family and life style plans, occupational plans