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Title: Career Aspirations of Young Women: Factors Underlying Choice of a Typically Male or Female Occupation
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1. Brito, Patricia K.
Jusenius, Carol L.
Career Aspirations of Young Women: Factors Underlying Choice of a Typically Male or Female Occupation
Proceedings, Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association (1978): 50-59
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: American Statistical Association
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; College Education; Educational Attainment; Family Influences; Occupational Aspirations; Work History

This paper examines the personal characteristics which influence a young woman's preference for typically male or typically female occupations. Preference formation is apparently different for women who have had or plan to have a college education and those without such expectations. The results indicate that family background is only slightly associated with occupational choice. Education, marital and childrearing experience, and labor market experience later in life have a more significant impact on whether typical or atypical occupations are chosen than childhood environment influences.
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Brito, Patricia K. and Carol L. Jusenius. "Career Aspirations of Young Women: Factors Underlying Choice of a Typically Male or Female Occupation." Proceedings, Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association (1978): 50-59.