Social Ambitions of Negro Boys and Girls from a Metropolitan Ghetto.

Kuvlesky, William P.; Thomas, Katheryn A.

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ERIC Number: EJ034693

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1971

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Social Ambitions of Negro Boys and Girls from a Metropolitan Ghetto

Kuvlesky, William P.; Thomas, Katheryn A.

Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1, 2, 177-187, Apr 71

It was concluded from the findings that the boys and girls studied did maintain a consistently high-level frame of reference. It was observed that boys tended to hold slightly higher educational and income goals and to demonstrate a higher level of consistency across goal levels in their frame of reference. (Author)

Descriptors: Black Youth, Educational Objectives, Ghettos, Occupational Aspiration, Poverty, Sex Differences, Social Mobility, Urban Culture, Urban Youth

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