The Influence of Social Stratification and Age on Occupational Aspirations of Adolescents |
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Abstract: | AbstractThis study examines children’s awareness of socially prominent occupations and educational motivation to enter these occupations successfully. Four separate groups of students were analyzed to determine variations in the occupational/educational aspirations: (1) low socioeconomic third graders; (2) high socioeconomic third graders; (3) low socioeconomic eighth graders; and (4) high socioeconomic eighth graders. It was concluded that children form occupational predispositions at a very early age. The study indicates that children from a higher socioeconomic stratum had higher educational goals and the desire to obtain prestige occupations, while lower socioeconomic students had resigned themselves to less education and lower job status. |
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