A QUANTITATIVE LOOK UPON THE CHOICE OF THE POST-GRADUATION STUDENTS IN RURAL EXTENSION ON THE CHOICE BY STUDENTS GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN RURAL EXTENSION: A QUANTITATIVE EXAME

摘要

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2236130812681 The paper analyzes the profile of students postgraduate and determinants of choice for courses in social research that relate to rural areas. The target group refers to the students of the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil. Using a quantitative approach, the research made ??possible the analysis of different categories that allowed conclusions about those choices. The overall results allow you to check the profile of students by level of postgraduate and determinants of choices from different elements and variables. In general, most students come from rural sciences courses, has no religion and have income over five salaries. Other results point to the prevalence of the public school education of students in primary and high record of rural labor in the family. Among the indicated results, it is concluded that for graduates in rural sciences, vocation seems to represent the major reason for vocational choice.