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Peer reviewedConroy, Carol A.; Scanlon, Dennis C.; Kelsey, Kathleen D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 1998
Comparison of 57 rural adolescents choosing agriculture careers with 474 who did not shows that (1) more males than females chose agriculture; (2) parents of students choosing agriculture were less likely to have high school education; (3) students whose fathers worked in service/labor/farming or who had lower socioeconomic status were more likely…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agricultural Education, Career Choice, Educational Attainment
Download full textConroy, Carol A. – 1997
A survey of rural secondary school students examined the formation of adolescent occupational identity by identifying predictors of students' ideal jobs. Data were collected from 612 of the approximately 750 students in grades 7-12 in a rural Pennsylvania school district. Predictors of choice of ideal job, by descending influence, were gender,…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Guidance
