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ERIC Number: EJ409689
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Sex Differences in Choice of College Science Majors.
Ware, Norma C.; Lee, Valerie E.
American Educational Research Journal, v25 n4 p593-614 Win 1988
The process of choosing a scientific major was examined in a nationally representative sample of 2,592 male and female college students of above-average ability. Socioeconomic status, high school teacher and guidance counselor influences, family and personal life priorities, and attendance at a four-year college were predictive factors. (TJH)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Selection (Students), Family Influence, High Achievement, Higher Education, Majors (Students), School Counselors, Secondary School Teachers, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Teacher Influence, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: High School and Beyond (NCES)
Note: An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, CA, April 16-20, 1986).