A survey project was conducted from July 1977 through June 1978 to: (1) determine the occupational interests and academic plans of seventh, eighth, tenth, and eleventh grade Bergen County public and Catholic school students and their parents; (2) determine the perception of Bergen County public school superintendents regarding the status, priorities, and needs of their local career development and vocational/technical programs; and (3) correlate survey results with state and federal statistics and projections on the 87 vocational areas contained in the survey questionnaires. The study report first presents a description of the project objectives and a discussion of the literature on career development and vocational choice used in the development of the survey instruments. This is followed by a description of the survey instruments, target population and samples, sampling methods and sizes, and data analysis and estimation procedures. The report then presents findings and interpretations for each of the questions on the questionnaires and concludes with a discussion of the difficulties encountered in correlating government vocational information with the survey results and a list of the 30 most popular vocational programs chosen by the students and their parents. The appendix includes 25 data tables and sample survey instruments. (JP)