The well-being and vision of young people in the East
This study examined the attitudes of 144 youths in Eastern Iceland 15-22 years of age to future residence in the area. Most were students at the local gymnasium at Egilsstaðir. The results indicate that well-being and plans for the future were determined mainly by sex, number of relatives, and lengt...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3731 2023-11-12T04:19:16+01:00 The well-being and vision of young people in the East Líðan og framtíðarsýn ungmenna á Austurlandi Briem, Valdimar Halldórsdóttir, Tinna 2023-10-13 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3731 isl ice School of Social Sciences https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3731/2319 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3731 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 The Icelandic Society; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Issue of 2011; 5-26 Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 2 Nr. 1 (2011): Árshefti 2011; 5-26 Ungmenni viðhorf dreifbýli kyn lengd búsetu ættartengsl fjölskylduhagir Adolescents attitudes rural communities gender length of resistence relatives family situation Iceland info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Ritrýnd grein 2023 fticelandunivojs 2023-10-18T22:54:52Z This study examined the attitudes of 144 youths in Eastern Iceland 15-22 years of age to future residence in the area. Most were students at the local gymnasium at Egilsstaðir. The results indicate that well-being and plans for the future were determined mainly by sex, number of relatives, and length of residence, but educational plans were determined more by the adolescents' family situation. Boys were generally more content than girls with their situation and local opportunities, and more prepared to live permanently in the area. Attitudes were related to age-dependent changes in the adolescents' lives. Adolescents who had lived in the area more than 10 years usually had many relatives locally and lived in nuclear families with both biological parents. Most of these were loyal to the area and optimistic about living there in future. Many newcomers lived with a single parent or with one biological and a foster parent. Some of these were optimistic about the future, but others, in particular girls, more pessimistic and prepared to move away. Í þessari rannsókn voru könnuð viðhorf 144 ungmenna á aldrinum 15-22 ára með lögheimili á Austurlandi til framtíðarbúsetu á svæðinu. Flest voru nemendur við Menntaskólann á Egilsstöðum. Helstu niðurstöður eru þær að líðan og framtíðarsýn ákvörðuðust einkum af kyni, ættartengslum og lengd búsetu, en menntunaráform fóru meir eftir fjölskylduhögum. Piltar voru almennt ánægðari en stúlkur með stöðu sína og möguleika í hinu staðbundna samfélagi og fremur reiðubúnir til að vera þar til frambúðar. Viðhorf voru bæði einstaklingsbundin og tengd aldursháðum breytingum í lífi ungmennanna. Ungmenni sem búið höfðu lengur en 10 ár á Austurlandi áttu yfirleitt mikil ættartengsl og bjuggu í kjarnafjölskyldum með báðum foreldrum. Flest þeirra halda tryggð við svæðið og eru bjartsýn um áframhaldandi búsetu. Ungmenni sem búið hafa stutt á Austurlandi búa mörg með einstæðu foreldri eða öðru foreldrinu og fósturforeldri. Sum þeirra eru örugg og vongóð um framtíðina, en önnur, einkum stúlkur, ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Egilsstaðir ENVELOPE(-15.157,-15.157,64.962,64.962) Halda ENVELOPE(25.170,25.170,70.853,70.853) |
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Ungmenni viðhorf dreifbýli kyn lengd búsetu ættartengsl fjölskylduhagir Adolescents attitudes rural communities gender length of resistence relatives family situation Iceland |
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Ungmenni viðhorf dreifbýli kyn lengd búsetu ættartengsl fjölskylduhagir Adolescents attitudes rural communities gender length of resistence relatives family situation Iceland Briem, Valdimar Halldórsdóttir, Tinna The well-being and vision of young people in the East |
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Ungmenni viðhorf dreifbýli kyn lengd búsetu ættartengsl fjölskylduhagir Adolescents attitudes rural communities gender length of resistence relatives family situation Iceland |
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This study examined the attitudes of 144 youths in Eastern Iceland 15-22 years of age to future residence in the area. Most were students at the local gymnasium at Egilsstaðir. The results indicate that well-being and plans for the future were determined mainly by sex, number of relatives, and length of residence, but educational plans were determined more by the adolescents' family situation. Boys were generally more content than girls with their situation and local opportunities, and more prepared to live permanently in the area. Attitudes were related to age-dependent changes in the adolescents' lives. Adolescents who had lived in the area more than 10 years usually had many relatives locally and lived in nuclear families with both biological parents. Most of these were loyal to the area and optimistic about living there in future. Many newcomers lived with a single parent or with one biological and a foster parent. Some of these were optimistic about the future, but others, in particular girls, more pessimistic and prepared to move away. Í þessari rannsókn voru könnuð viðhorf 144 ungmenna á aldrinum 15-22 ára með lögheimili á Austurlandi til framtíðarbúsetu á svæðinu. Flest voru nemendur við Menntaskólann á Egilsstöðum. Helstu niðurstöður eru þær að líðan og framtíðarsýn ákvörðuðust einkum af kyni, ættartengslum og lengd búsetu, en menntunaráform fóru meir eftir fjölskylduhögum. Piltar voru almennt ánægðari en stúlkur með stöðu sína og möguleika í hinu staðbundna samfélagi og fremur reiðubúnir til að vera þar til frambúðar. Viðhorf voru bæði einstaklingsbundin og tengd aldursháðum breytingum í lífi ungmennanna. Ungmenni sem búið höfðu lengur en 10 ár á Austurlandi áttu yfirleitt mikil ættartengsl og bjuggu í kjarnafjölskyldum með báðum foreldrum. Flest þeirra halda tryggð við svæðið og eru bjartsýn um áframhaldandi búsetu. Ungmenni sem búið hafa stutt á Austurlandi búa mörg með einstæðu foreldri eða öðru foreldrinu og fósturforeldri. Sum þeirra eru örugg og vongóð um framtíðina, en önnur, einkum stúlkur, ... |
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The well-being and vision of young people in the East |
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The Icelandic Society; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Issue of 2011; 5-26 Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 2 Nr. 1 (2011): Árshefti 2011; 5-26 |
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