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24.21 Cii)
(c) Discussion

Twenty-six per cent of Aboriginal respondents agreed that they
could not see where their future lay. However 43.4 per cent of non-

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Aborigines agreed with the statement, a much higher proportion of
support than that given by Aborigines. Fifty-one point seven per
cent of Aborigines and 71,3 per cent of non-Aborigines held that
if they work now, they will get benefits later in the unknown
future.

The hypothesis that Aboriginal people would not be oriented

to the future was not supported.

However, it must be noted that while there was clear support

for working hard for the future on the part of Aborigines, there
was a manifest difference in the weight of support given to this
notion by the two groups.

The Aboriginal group, though believing in future benefits,

was less oriented in this direction than the non-Aboriginal group.

24.21 (iii) Expectation of rejection

Allied to distrust is the expectation of rejection.

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24.21Ciii) Ca) Hypothesis                                                 .           ;

It was hypothesized that Aboriginal responses would exhibit

strong perceptions of rejection by mainstream society.                          і

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