Occupational Prestige and Occupational Aspirations of Nigerian Adolescent Students.

Owuamanam, Donatus O.

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Occupational Prestige and Occupational Aspirations of Nigerian Adolescent Students.

Owuamanam, Donatus O.

Journal of Negro Education, v51 n2 p157-64 Spr 1982

Nigerian secondary school students considered engineering, medicine, and university teaching to be highly prestigious occupations. Males had higher occupational aspirations than females, and urban adolescents chose higher careers than rural adolescents. (Author/MJL)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Foreign Countries, Males, Occupational Aspiration, Rural Areas, Rural Urban Differences, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences, Urban Areas

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