Are rural 4-Hers more connected to their communities than their Non-4-H counterparts?

Journal of Extension

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Adedokun, Omolola A ^a   Balschweid, Mark A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

4 H; Rural youth; Social connections; Social networks; Youth organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950611309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10775315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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