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Title: Adolescents' Work-Family Gender Ideologies and Educational Expectations
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Davis, Shannon N. Pearce, Lisa D. |
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Adolescents' Work-Family Gender Ideologies and Educational Expectations Sociological Perspectives 50,2 (Summer 2007): 249-271. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/sop.2007.50.2.249 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: University of California Press Keyword(s): Attitudes; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Family Structure; Gender Attitudes/Roles; Gender Differences; Religion; Religious Influences; Self-Esteem Much empirical research has been devoted to examining how early life socialization and experiences shape adolescent aspirations. This article adds to this body of research by examining adolescent educational expectations at a crucial developmental stage with a focus on ideational processes. The authors test hypotheses derived from the Eccles et al. model of achievement-related choices regarding links between the previously neglected concept of work-family gender ideology and expected educational attainment. Using recent survey data from children of a nationally representative sample of women in the United States, the authors demonstrate a positive relationship between gender egalitarianism views of gendered work and family roles makes one more likely to desire a college education and a graduate or professional degree, although the relationship is stronger for girls than for boys. The authors' findings suggest the pivotal role of work-family gender ideologies in shaping adolescents' educational expectations and more generally highlight the importance of ideology and worldview in the construction of status attainment goals. |
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Davis, Shannon N. and Lisa D. Pearce. "Adolescents' Work-Family Gender Ideologies and Educational Expectations." Sociological Perspectives 50,2 (Summer 2007): 249-271.
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