Young People's Opinions on Rural Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Boström, Lena; Dahlin, Rolf
Titel	Young People's Opinions on Rural Sweden
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 11 (2018) 6, S.45-59 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; Futures (of Society); Foreign Countries; Academic Achievement; Online Surveys; Student Attitudes; Rural to Urban Migration; Municipalities; Gender Differences; Employment; Educational Attainment; Relocation; School Role; Decision Making; High School Students; Geographic Regions; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Future; Society; Zukunft; Ausland; Schulleistung; Schülerverhalten; Landflucht; Magistrat; Geschlechterkonflikt; Dienstverhältnis; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Umsetzung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schweden
Abstract	This study focus on adolescents motivations about remaining in rural areas in the Mid Sweden Region, a part of Sweden with decreasing school performance scores and high out-migration. The study is based on 1,500 young people's responses to a Web-based survey within the framework of a regional school development project. The research questions focused on: whether youths were going to stay there or move the future in urban or rural areas, influences, and the future choices and differences among genders, regions, and age groups. The empirical data are processed with statistical analysis. The study confirms previous research on young people's relocations from rural areas; jobs and education are important motives, and the most prone to move are women. What is new knowledge is that lessons about the region's importance have a positive, significant effect on individuals' plans to remain in their home municipality. This can and should be highlighted in local, regional, and national politics, but more importantly in school discourses. Since school plays a role in students' thinking and future choices, a larger formation effort could be of great value for norms and regional political standpoints. The study has relevance to the international terms of similar geographical areas. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01