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Peer reviewedLiben, Lynn S.; Bigler, Rebecca S.; Krogh, Holleen R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2001
Examined whether 6- and 11-year-olds' beliefs about job status and job interests are affected by gendered nature of jobs. Found that children gave higher status ratings to masculine jobs and expressed greater interest in jobs culturally associated with their own sex. Older children rated novel jobs portrayed with males as having higher status than…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Children
