RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Factors influencing the decision of young adults to remain in their rural environment: Social origin, education and gender
A1 Callejo González, José Javier
A1 Ruiz Herrero, Jesús Antonio
K1 Rural youth
K1 Qualitative analysis
K1 Rural abandonment
K1 Mobility Staying-on
AB This article analyses the circumstances and attitudes that explain why young adults from a specific area of inland Spain opt to remain in their rural place of origin.The analysis is based on open interviews with 41 young adults born and raised in the area in question. The interviews show that at least a third of them plan to stay in their place of origin, while others acknowledge that they would like to do so although they believe it will not be possible.The analysis reveals the important role that social origin, educational attainment and gender play in shaping the residential expectations of young rural adults, as these variables interact with each other and with the opportunity structure of the place. These interactions facilitate, on the one hand, the continued presence of those who have certain types of place-linked capital, and on the other, of males of low social origin and low educational level.
PB Elsevier
SN 0743-0167
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/72898
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/72898
LA eng
NO Journal of Rural Studies, 2024, vol. 106, 103206
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 27-dic-2024