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Peer reviewedCooper, Stewart E.; Robinson, Debra A. G. – School Counselor, 1989
Used Brennan Social Background Questionnaire Item Checklist to compare self-reported childhood games, toys, and activities of 214 male and 51 female college freshmen entering the male-dominated engineering and technical science career fields. Results support a possible connection between childhood play activities and later career choices, and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Childhood Interests, Childrens Games, College Freshmen
Coats, Patricia Boyne; Overman, Steve – 1989
While the trend for increasing numbers of women to enter the labor market is clear and career opportunities for women have expanded, women continue to be employed in occupations that are traditionally female and low-paying. This study examined childhood preferred play materials, structured and free play activities, and leisure time activities of…
Descriptors: Background, Business, Career Choice, Childhood Interests
