Career aspirations of high school home economics students in Palo Pinto County, Texas

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181 adolescent home economics students in Palo Pinto County, Texas, were surveyed. The questions examined the following: grades and self concept of academic ability, self concept of academic ability and occupational aspirations, school size and occupational aspirations, sex and occupational aspirations, race and occupational aspirations, parents' occupational aspirations, parents' educational levels and occupational aspirations. The data suggested that career aspirations are positively related to self concept of ability, school grades, school size, race, parents' education, and fathers' occupations. Students' sex and their mothers' occupations were not shown to be related to career aspirations.

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Singleton, Dawn A. December 1978.

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181 adolescent home economics students in Palo Pinto County, Texas, were surveyed. The questions examined the following: grades and self concept of academic ability, self concept of academic ability and occupational aspirations, school size and occupational aspirations, sex and occupational aspirations, race and occupational aspirations, parents' occupational aspirations, parents' educational levels and occupational aspirations. The data suggested that career aspirations are positively related to self concept of ability, school grades, school size, race, parents' education, and fathers' occupations. Students' sex and their mothers' occupations were not shown to be related to career aspirations.

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Singleton, Dawn A. Career aspirations of high school home economics students in Palo Pinto County, Texas, thesis, December 1978; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504478/: accessed May 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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