The relevance of community sentiments to Australian rural youths' intention to stay in their home communities

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-240

  Pretty, Grace ^a   Bramston, Paul ^a   Patrick, Jeff ^a   Pannach, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community sentiment; Rural youth migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747893620     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764206290636     Document Type: Article

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