Parents shape children's social choices through their social and economic actions. Parental social participation connects children to a civic culture and encourages involvement in civic groups. Parents' ties to farming in farm-dependent communities furuther enhance children's civic orientations by providing added opportunities and incentives for social participation. Data from Iowa Youth and Families Project confirm these hypotheses, showing that the children of farmers and of rural leaders are more likely to participate in civic groups. These results establish parental social involvement as a source of social capital and demonstrate the importance of farm incluences for understanding the social involvement of youth in rural society.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23311
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Public Policy Institute of California. 1 page., Responses to a Central Valley survey question about the extent to which respondents view the loss of farms and agriculture in that area as a problem.
Review of two books: Fred Magdoff etal, Hungry for profit: the agribusiness threat to farmers; and Eric Ross, The Malthus Factor: population, poverty, and politics in capitalist development.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24117
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Gallup Poll Social Series - Work and Education. Via Gallup Brain. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question inviting views about farming and agriculture.
