Migration affects success, Penn State study shows UNIVERSITY PARK ,happiness or more satisfaction study were Donald M. Crider and Financial success and prestige in with their ways, of life or their Robert C. Bealer, both in rural adulthood are related to early employment than those who stayed sociology, migration and' education, ao within 50 miles of their high school The findings contradict the cording to a Penn State study of homes.” stated Fern K. Willits, widely-held American assumption some 2,000 former students in rural rural sociologist in the College of that financial success is essential high schools of Pennsylvania. The Agriculture at Penn State. for personal satisfaction. In most study was made 22 years after She said the study was begun in cases, migrants and nonmigrants graduation. 194? when the students were showed similar levels of con- Por both males and females, sophomores in rural high schools, tentment. success was found directly related Records were kept on 2,806 After 22 years, most of the to migration. In addition, as students from 47 of the Com- graduates were not far from education increased, the levels of monwealth’s 67 counties. In 1971, their original homes. More than family income and occupational Penn Staters were able to locate three-fourths of the sample were status also rose. 2,081 graduates in 40 states and living in Pennsylvania. An ad “ Despite financial success, several foreign countries. - ditional 13 percent lived in ad migrants did not report greater Associated with Willits on the jacent states. By 1971, 72 percent SEPTEMBER FAIR DAYS SALE I STM BRusHcumns IE PRICE $ 189 95 iLE PRICE $ 279 95 Saves33.B4 See Our Display At The EPHRATA FAIR Located In Tent City September SPECIAL PRICES ON EVERYTHING' Demonstrations 22-25 DURING FAIR WEEK! Doily WES STAUFFER SALES & SERVICE RD 3. EPHRATA, PA 717-738-4215 Ephrata Exit New Rt. 222. */ 2 Mile West on Rt 322, Turn Left onto Pleasant Valley Road FS6O Reg. $204.84 Save $14.89 FSBO Reg. $313.79 ST/HL Hm Worldi lugcsi. Selling Chain Saw. Offer good thru October 10,1981 laacarter Farming, Saturday, September 19,1981—C29 listed an address within SO miles of their 1947 residence, and were classified as nonmigrants. For the men, migration was related to occupational aspiration, 1947 residence, high school grade point average, and adjustment. For the women, only grade-point average was associated strongly with migrant stat is. Those with high grade-point averages were more than twice as likely to move as those with low averages. Occupational prestige was highest for both men and women migrants. This was directly related to levels of education. People who went on to schooling beyond high school were the ones most likely to migrate. Nonetheless, education was not associated significantly with satisfaction or happiness. More than 30 percent of the migrants listed their 1971 ad dresses as cities with 50,000 inhabitants or more. However, THE COAL-BURNING CLASSIC SURDIAC ... FROM CLASSIC STOVE WORKS slQo°° CASH REBATE ELMER L STOLIZFUS SSSSItI 171 QUARRY ROAD, LEOLA, PA 17540 v