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Are Girls More Ambitious Than Boys? Vocational Interests Partly Explain Gender Differences in Occupational Aspirations
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Abstract Previous research suggests that girls have higher occupational aspirations than boys before entering the labor market. We investigate whether this gender gap in occupational aspirations generalizes to secondary school students in Germany and illuminate the possible mechanisms behind these purported ... mehr
Previous research suggests that girls have higher occupational aspirations than boys before entering the labor market. We investigate whether this gender gap in occupational aspirations generalizes to secondary school students in Germany and illuminate the possible mechanisms behind these purported gender differences. For this purpose, we used a large and representative sample of ninth graders (N = 10,743) from the German National Educational Panel Study. Adolescents' occupational aspirations were coded on the International Socio-Economic Index of Occupational Status (ISEI) according to the socioeconomic status of the aspired occupation. Results showed that girls’ occupational aspirations were 6.5 ISEI points higher than boys' (Cohen's d = .36). Mediation analyses further revealed that gender differences in vocational interest could explain one-half of the gender gap in occupational aspirations. This suggests that girls' higher occupational aspirations reflect their specific vocational interests rather than a general striving for higher status and prestige compared to boys.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Berufswunsch; Karriereplanung; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren; Kind; Jugendlicher; Interesse; Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
career aspirations/goals/choices; career interests/structure of interest; children/youth; path analysis/structural equation modeling; research content areas; research methods; sample populations; National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), Starting Cohort 4, 2008-2013 (doi:10.5157/NEPS:SC4:9.1.0)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 551-568
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Career Development, 49 (2022) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845321991665
ISSN
1556-0856
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)