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ERIC Number: EJ678179
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Race and the Workforce: Occupational Status, Aspirations, and Stereotyping among African American Children.
Bigler, Rebecca S.; Averhart, Cara J.; Liben, Lynn S.
Developmental Psychology, v39 n3 p572-80 May 2003
Examined whether African American first- through sixth-graders' perceptions of occupational status and their own vocational interests were affected by racial segregation of the workforce. Found that for familiar jobs, children's judgments related to their knowledge of racial segregation in these jobs. Novel occupations depicted with African Americans were judged as lower in status than the identical occupations depicted with European Americans. Children's age and SES moderated occupational judgments. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Youth, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Knowledge Level, Occupational Aspiration, Performance Factors, Racial Segregation, Social Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Status, Vocational Interests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Occupational Status