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ERIC Number: EJ537159
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8791
Perceived Barriers to Education and Career: Ethnic and Gender Differences.
McWhirter, Ellen Hawley
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v50 n1 p124-40 Feb 1997
Mexican-American and European-American high school juniors and seniors (n=1,139) identified perceived barriers to their academic and career goals. Females anticipated more barriers than males, particularly sex discrimination. Mexican-Americans perceived more barriers than European-Americans, both sex and ethnic discrimination. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, High School Students, Mexican Americans, Occupational Aspiration, Racial Differences, Racial Discrimination, Sex Differences, Sex Discrimination
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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