African Adolescents and Their Teachers: Sex and Rural-Urban Comparisons in Teachers’ Perceived Behaviors

This study investigated rural-urban differences in teachers’ perceived behaviors among African adolescent, boys and girls. On the Perceived Teacher Behavior Inventory administered to 354 boys and 530 girls from four rural and urban high schools in South Africa no significant sex differences were found on the subscales of Generalized Support, Positive Expectations, and Participation. Rural boys and girls scored significantly higher, however, than their urban peers on the Generalized Support and Participation.

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African Adolescents and Their Teachers: Sex and Rural-Urban Comparisons in Teachers' Perceived Behaviors

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.2000.86.3c.1229 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 86 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1229-1233 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mzobanzi M. Mboya

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Sex Differences ◽

High Schools ◽

Teacher Behavior ◽

Urban High Schools ◽

Adolescent Boys ◽

Rural And Urban

This study investigated rural-urban differences in teachers' perceived behaviors among African adolescent boys and girls. On the Perceived Teacher Behavior Inventory administered to 354 boys and 530 girls from four rural and urban high schools in South Africa no significant sex differences were found on the subscales of Generalized Support, Positive Expectations, and Participation. Rural boys and girls scored significantly higher, however, than their urban peers on the Generalized Support and Participation.

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Perceived Norms and Alcohol Consumption: Differences Between College Students From Rural and Urban High Schools

Journal of American College Health ◽

10.3200/jach.56.3.261-266 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 261-265 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Caitlin G. Schultz ◽

Clayton Neighbors

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

High Schools ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Urban High Schools ◽

Perceived Norms ◽

Rural And Urban

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Prevalence and factors associated with thinness among adolescent girls attending high schools in rural and urban high schools of Soro District, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia

10.21203/rs.3.rs-956535/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Denebo Akiso ◽

Tefera Belachew ◽

Tegegn Arficho ◽

Beakal Zinab

Keyword(s):

Drinking Water ◽

High Schools ◽

Adolescent Girls ◽

Dietary Diversity ◽

Household Wealth ◽

Southern Ethiopia ◽

Urban High Schools ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Hadiya Zone

Abstract Background Despite the government of Ethiopia is striving to reduce the prevalence of the undernutrition, thinness among adolescents is one of the challenging nutritional issues in lifecycle approach in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was aimed on determining the prevalence of thinness and its associated factors among adolescent girls attending high schools in Soro District, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Methods Institution based comparative cross sectional study design was employed. The study was conducted from March 15 to April 15, 2019 in high schools of rural and urban settings of Sorro District, Hadiya Zone. Both binary and multivariable logistic regression analysis were done to identify the factors associated with thinness among adolescent girls. Result A total of 414 adolescent girls were participated in this study making the response rate of 100%. The mean age were (17.01± 1.55) and 16.90 ± 1.48, P = 0.437) among adolescent girls in rural and urban high schools respectively. The overall prevalence of the thinness among female adolescents attending high schools in Soro district, Hadiya Zone was 6.8%. There was no statistically significant difference in thinness among adolescent girls in rural and urban high schools. Household wealth tertile AOR: 4.19; 95% C.I: 1.13-15.47, P <0.05, source of drinking water AOR: 2.31; 95% C.I: 1.01-5.30, P <0.05, dietary diversity AOR: 3.99; C.I: 1.15-13.82, P <0.05 and skipping breakfast AOR: 2.97; C.I: 1.28-6.92, P <0.05 were found to be independent factors associated with thinness. Conclusion Being low in household wealth tertile, unprotected source of drinking water, inadequate dietary diversity and skipping breakfast were those factors identified to be independently associated with thinness among female adolescents. Attention should be given from government and nongovernmental organizations by empowering household economic capacity, extending access for pure drinking water and increasing nutrition sensitive agriculture focusing on maintaining food varieties.

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Planning for the Future in Rural and Urban High Schools

Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR) ◽

10.1207/s15327671espr0601-2_5 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 6 (1-2) ◽

pp. 73-93 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Patricia Gándara ◽

Dianna Gutiáez ◽

Susan O'Hara

Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Urban High Schools ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

The Future

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Marginality of Rural Migrant Students in Eleven Chinese High Schools

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies ◽

10.29333/ejecs/30 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 21 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Tao Wang

Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Life Experience ◽

Urban Environments ◽

Urban Life ◽

Rural Students ◽

Rural Culture ◽

Urban High Schools ◽

Migrant Students ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Lower Socioeconomic

Since Chinese economic reform in the 1980s that prompted increased urbanization, gap between rural and urban places continually widen, and obvious cultural differences are observed. Rural populations migrate to heterogeneous urban environments and meet problems of marginality. Most rural students enter the city when receiving senior high school education in urban high schools. Perceiving the differences in urban life, these students begin to acquire urbanite and urban cultural personalities. Meanwhile, because of their original lower socioeconomic status, they are caught between rural culture and urban culture, and experience marginality in different ways. Based on insights derived from visiting 11 urban high schools and talking to 55 students, this paper details their marginal experiences in study adaption, life experience, social interaction, relationships, and value are described.

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