Sociology and Space, No. 69-70, 1980.
Original scientific paper
Vocational Orientation of the Youth in Vojvodina and Agriculture
Sergej Flere
Abstract
The participation of the agricultural
primary sector in the structure of
the active population of Vojvodina
is generally declining, although
the overall population increase
demands more intense agriculture.
Stopping further moving out of the
village is a problem, and so is
making the village more interesting
for young people and keeping them
in the village and in agriculture.
Conducting enquiries on five
different groups of young people
from the Socialist Autonomous
Province of Vojvodina, the author
was interested in occupation
desires, aspirations and decisions
of the young, the social and
valuae correlates of that process,
and also in the question of whether
there is any negative selection
concerning agriculture.
The data obtained show that only
an insignificant number of young
people desire an agricultural
occupation, and all those who do
are linked with the village and
agriculture by origin. Only a few
desire a secondary professional
occupation in agriculture or a B.S.
in agriculture. There is also a small
number of those who would decide
on manual occupations outside
agriculture. On the contrary, the
young from all the five groups
most frequently desire the
occupation of a highly-educated
professional outside agriculture.
Also, none of the young women
aspire the occupation of a
housewife or a farm woman.
Almost all of them want a job
outside the farm and the
agricultural household.
The author concludes that the
inclination of young people towards
intellectual and clerical occupations is not rooted in their
basic interests or in general
interests of the young generation,
nor could their personal
characteristics and value system
(measured through their attitudes)
be understood as explanatory.
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119426
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Publication date:
10.12.1980.
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