The influence of father's occupation on the vocational choices of high school boys

Abstract

Questionnaires submitted to 4543 boys in four technical and academic high schools. About 90% of the group express vocational choices. The larger percentage made choices at a level higher than the father's occupation. In comparison with census figures 70% of the boys want to engage in work represented by only 35% of the present gainfully employed population. Only 1% chose laboring occupations, which are represented by 11% of the fathers and 30% of the census population. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)