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To test hypotheses which will distinguish high school students who are potential outmigrants from those who are not in terms of: a) socio-economic status of the family b) attachment to the family, and c) size and structure of kinship group. A second purpose is to determine if a relationship exists between migrant or non-migrant status and civic resposibility.

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Variables Migration intention, socio-economic status of family (education and occupation of parents), family composition in the county and outside, participation, rural-urban residential preference, satisfaction with the community, committment to community action, academic status. For information on scales employed, see SN:2057.

No sampling (total universe)

The schools were purposefully selected to represent a rural, a village and a city high school

Self-completion