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Peer reviewedArnett, Jeffrey Jensen; Jensen, Lene Arnett – Youth & Society, 1994
One hundred Danish adolescents and 133 American adolescents were compared on various aspects of socialization and risk behavior. Overall, socialization was narrower among Danish adolescents, and rates of risk behavior were higher for American adolescents in the areas of driving and minor criminal behavior. Rates of sex without contraception were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Community Influence, Contraception
Peer reviewedBickel, Robert – Youth and Society, 1986
Public and private schooling have a roughly uniform effect on achievement, but variability among students' home and neighborhood environments mask the leveling effect. Includes an historical discussion of egalitarianism and stratification in American education. (PS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Educational History, Equal Education
Peer reviewedDash, Shrikant; Niemi, Richard G. – Youth and Society, 1992
Surveys of attitudes toward multiculturalism of 190 Canadian eleventh graders, 584 eleventh graders from the United States, and 350 tenth graders from India indicate that despite general agreement with socialized abstract principles of democracy, students in the United States and Canada are not very tolerant of divergent cultural perspectives.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Democracy, Democratic Values
Peer reviewedTanioka, Ichiro; Glaser, Daniel – Youth and Society, 1991
Unofficial rates of delinquency (RDs) were studied in Japan for a representative population sample of 1,121 high school students in the Osaka prefecture, mostly from private schools. RD correlations and interpretations were compared with those of similar U.S. studies. Reasons self-reported delinquency in Japan was much lower are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Activities, Behavior Standards, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
