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Author: Redlin, Meredith
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1. Brooks, W. Trevor
Redlin, Meredith
Occupational Aspirations, Rural to Urban Migration, and Intersectionality: A Comparison of White, Black, and Hispanic Male and Female Group Chances for Leaving Rural Counties
Southern Rural Sociology 24,1 (2009): 130–152.
Also: http://www.ag.auburn.edu/auxiliary/srsa/pages/Articles/SRS%202009%2024%201%20130-152.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Southern Rural Sociological Association (SRSA)
Keyword(s): Ethnic Differences; Ethnic Studies; Gender Differences; Mobility; Mothers, Education; Occupational Aspirations; Racial Differences; Racial Studies; Rural/Urban Migration

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[Editor: This article appears in Southern Rural Sociology 24,1 (2009); the above link to the .pdf file refers to a pre-publication galley: vol 23,2 (2008)]

It has been documented that not all rural residents are leaving rural counties equally. Social positions may prevent some groups from migrating, while pushing other groups away from rural counties. This paper uses an intersectionality theoretical approach to explain how race/ethnicity, gender, and class shape occupational aspirations and the migration decision. Using the NLSY79, race/ethnicity, gender, and mothers' educational attainment were each combined with the respondent's occupational aspiration to predict migration rates for selected intersectional groups. Results show that females with high occupational aspirations, whites with high occupational aspirations, and individuals with high occupational aspirations whose mothers had high educational attainments were more likely to migrate compared with other intersectional groups. Copyright © by the Southern Rural Sociological Association

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Brooks, W. Trevor and Meredith Redlin. "Occupational Aspirations, Rural to Urban Migration, and Intersectionality: A Comparison of White, Black, and Hispanic Male and Female Group Chances for Leaving Rural Counties." Southern Rural Sociology 24,1 (2009): 130–152. A.