Beyond education and employment: Exploring youth experiences of their communities, place attachment and reasons for migration

Rural Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-214

  Eacott, Chelsea ^a   Sonn, Christopher C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b School of Psychology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community satisfaction; Migration; Place attachment; Rural culture; Rural youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249161794     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.16.2.199     Document Type: Article

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