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Title: Career Patterns of a National Sample of Women
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1. Vetter, Louise
Stockburger, David W.
Career Patterns of a National Sample of Women
Report, Columbus OH: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, The Ohio State University, 1974.
Also: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED146363.pdf
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, The Ohio State University
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Children; Earnings; Occupational Status; Schooling; Vocational Education; Wives; Work Attitudes

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A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. Findings of a study are reported that applied two career pattern systems for women to historical data collected in 1967 on a national sample of 4,996 black and white women ages 30-34. Information was provided on (1) the proportion of women who can be classified into each career pattern in the system(s), and (2) relationships of career development variables to the career patterns. The first career pattern system was based on the milestones of leaving school, marriage, and the acquisition of the first child, with the intensity of work between these milestones in terms of the percentage of time spent in the labor force taken into account. The second set of career patterns was based on Donald Super's system of career patterns. Both career pattern systems were analyzed separately for black and white women. Means, standard deviations, and correlations were calculated for each career pattern in both systems for career development variables, including education, relative desirability of occupational assignment, age at milestones, proportion of time spent in the labor force, income, family related variables, and attitudes toward work. In this report, detailed findings are reported on career development variables, and five areas of implications of the data are presented: career patterns, career development, number of children, base data, and educational implications. (TA)
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Vetter, Louise and David W. Stockburger. "Career Patterns of a National Sample of Women." Report, Columbus OH: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, The Ohio State University, 1974.