Sociology and Space, No. 49-50, 1975.
Original scientific paper
RURAL YOUTH AND THE FAMILY
Ruža First-Dilić
Abstract
The article analyzes the position of rural youth in the family. The analysis
begins from the assumption that the Yugoslav village family is still the basic
frame for satisfying the essential needs of the rural young.
The concept of familial position of rural youth is operationalized as the working,
jural, and material position of those family members who are from 15 to 29
years of age. Basic groups of independent variables for which it is hypothesized that
influence the familial position of rural youth are: socio-professional and demographic
characteristics of the respondents, socio-economic and demographic traits of
their families, and their local and regional socio-geographic surroundings.
The analysis shows that of the traditional definitions of family position (sex,
age, maritial status), today sex has dropped out as an important influence, and
has been replaced by both educational and vocational statuses. Further, the analysis
shows that the marital patterns significantly influence only the jural position of
the young.
It was expected that the type of household (fully, partly, or non-agricultural)
would influence the familial position of rural youth, but the research discovered
that its only effect was in regards to the work load that each type entails for a youth.
Yet, while all of these changes have occured, the factor of living in a given
geographical and ethnic region still has an important influence on the working,
jural and material position of the rural young.
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Hrčak ID:
118968
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Publication date:
15.12.1975.
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