 Problèmes d'adaptation des jeunes rurales à la vie urbaine et à la modernitéMadeleine Alix Économie rurale, 1974, vol. 104 Abstract: The problems posed by the adaptation of girls from country areas to modern life in town - The writer, who runs a hostel for young working girls in Tours, has been struck by the lack of adaptation of girls from the country to town life. These girls, like so many others, could not find work at home and came to Tours to earn their living or to learn an urban occupation. A great many deeply regret the move, like this eighteen-year-old apprentice : « I stay in Tours because of my job ; but I don't like town life ». Or this twenty-four year-old hospital worker : « I'm in Tours because I couldn't find a job in Loches. But I would rather have worked in Loches. It's nearer home and it's a small town. You're not lost and it's less anonymous ». Yet the girls say they have adapted to town life. They have an inner security in their families and in their original environment, which later enables them to face the changes in their lives. « It is often in modern farms, among women who have gradually changed family life that one finds a modified idea of the children's future ». These are the children who have the most chance of adapting. Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:ersfer:350845 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Économie rurale from French Society of Rural Economics (SFER Société Française d'Economie Rurale) Contact information at EDIRC. |
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