The female school dropout, some aspects of her marriage and family management [microform] / Faith Prior
- Bib ID:
- 5187262
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Prior, Faith
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED013882
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1964
- 43 p.
- Summary:
-
This study attempted to find out what the female dropout needs to learn to improve her effectiveness as wife and mother and how well homemaking programs, in school or out, supply this need. Of the 167 girls who left school in burlington, Vermont, during the junior or senior year from January 1960 to June 1963, 20 of the 40 who married were interviewed. Questions covered personal data, present management practices, personal relationships, and evaluation of educational experiences. School records provided facts on intelligence and achievement. The average age of the wives at marriage was 17.1 years, that of the husbands 19.5 years. Fifty percent were premaritally pregnant. The median grade level achieved by both husbands and wives was less than grade 9. Most of the couples were not doing well financially. The extension program had been ineffective with this group. Implications are -- (1) the potential dropout can be identified and should be placed in a program to fit her needs, (2) extension home economics programs should make provisions for this group, and (3) professional home economics training should provide understandings of the lower socioeconomic groups. (ms)
- Notes:
-
- Educational level discussed: High Schools.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Vermont Univ., Burlington. Agriculture Experiment Station
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1964
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- The School Dropout in Georgia [microform]
- School Dropouts [microform] / Sherrell E. Varner
- Counteracting School Dropouts [microform] : A Research Report / Rosemary Dustman, Comp
- Dropout Prevention through Alternative High Schools [microform] : A Study of the National Experience / Ronald E. Butchart
- Preventing College Dropouts [microform] : A Review / James Harvey