Date of Award:

5-1969

Document Type:

Dissertation

Degree Name:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department:

Sociology and Anthropology

Department name when degree awarded

Sociology

Committee Chair(s)

Wade H. Andrews

Committee

Wade H. Andrews

Committee

Theral R. Black

Abstract

The rural-urban differential was investigated in its relationship to certain expressed attitudes relating to natural resource development, use, and control. The rural-urban differential was also investigated as a variable affecting expressed attitudes toward the educational, economic, and political institutions. The two sets of expressed attitudes were then correlated to each other.

A difference was found between the rural and the urban groups regarding their expressed attitudes concerning natural resource development, use, and control. Differences between the rural and the urban groups were also found in regard to attitudes toward the political institution. No significant differences were found regarding the attitudes towards economic and educational institutions.

No significant relationship was found between the attitudes toward natural resources and attitudes toward the three social institutions.

The uniformity of behavior related to natural resources indicated that there is possibly a different sociological institution relating to the area of natural resources--at least within the Mormon sub culture studied.

Methodology included computer reduction of data and computation of non-parametric statistics. These included Chi-square analysis, coefficient of contingency, and Kendall's coefficient of concordance.

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