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ERIC Number: EJ517452
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-4019
Characteristics of Female Students Who Aspire to Science and Engineering or Homemaking Occupations.
Mau, Wei-Cheng; And Others
Career Development Quarterly, v43 n4 p323-37 Jun 1995
Identified predictors that discriminated between nontraditional and traditional career aspirations in eighth-grade female students (n=930). Results indicate that educational aspirations, parental expectations, self-reported grade point averages, and science proficiency were the best discriminators between the groups, and that differences across racial-ethnic groups were significant. (JPS)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Engineers, Females, Grade 8, Grade Point Average, Homemakers, Junior High School Students, Mathematical Aptitude, Occupational Aspiration, Parent Influence, Racial Differences, Scientists, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ethnic Differences