Differential characteristics of youth club members and non-members in Kerala

Abstract

The research study conducted in NFS Block, Pattambi in Palghat district of Kerala among youth club members and non-members revealed that they differed significantly with reference to many of the selected variables. The youth club members had significantly higher mean scores than the non- members with respect to education, social participation, family economic status, cosmopoliteness, attitude towards agriculture and rote perception and role performance in agricultural development. However, there was no significant difference between the youth club members and non-members with respect to their occupational status, parental [occupation and level of aspiration. These findings provide a typology or profile feature of the rural youth in Kerala, which has to be considered while launching special programmes of rural areas in Kerala, in general, for the development and rural youth in Kerala, in particular.