Effects of Ability, Race, and Socioeconomic Status on Perceived Importance of Capacities, Interests, and Values in Occupational Choice.

Dalton, Donald H.; Bledsoe, Joseph C.

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Publication Date: 1980-Dec

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Effects of Ability, Race, and Socioeconomic Status on Perceived Importance of Capacities, Interests, and Values in Occupational Choice.

Dalton, Donald H.; Bledsoe, Joseph C.

Perceptual and Motor Skills, v51 n3 pt2 p1253-54 Dec 1980

Responses of 480 Georgia students (ages 11 to 18 years) to the Dalton Vocational Importance Questionnaire developed to test Ginzberg's theory of occupational choice were analyzed to determine effects of ability, race, and socioeconomic status on perceived importance of capacities, interests, and values. (Author)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Differences, Social Differences, Student Attitudes, Work Attitudes

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Language: English

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