Educational differences among tradesmen

Abstract

Investigates the relationship between the amount of education and the kind of position a man occupies in his profession. In this context, 924 tradesmen from 30 different trades were studied and classified into three groups according to their status and trade. The number and percentage distribution of the Ss by the grade at leaving school and by the trade status showed: (1) median grade of employed men was found to be higher than the unemployed men (2) average trade rank increased in relation to increase in amount of education (3) a relationship existed between intelligence and trade status and (4) industrial selection of men and trade guidance was related to amount of education. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)