From a Child’s View: Children’s occupational knowledge and perceptions of occupational characteristics
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Date
1991
Authors
McGee, Jeanne
Stockard, Jean
Journal Title
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Publisher
JAI Press Inc.
Abstract
Only a small amount of research has examined children's awareness or
knowledge of occupational characteristics and the effect that gender has on
their perceptions. Most of this earlier research dealt with only a few aspects
of this area or had severe limitations in study design, scope, and/ or sampling
frame. This paper explores children's occupational knowledge and perceptions
of occupational characteristics using a large sample and a study design that
avoids many of the problems in earlier works. Specifically we examine two
areas. The first is children's occupational knowledge, including the extent to
which boys and girls recognize a wide range of jobs; their views of their relative
importance, monetary rewards, difficulty and control over others; and the
degree to which the children's perceptions correspond to those from adults and/
or more objective measures. The second is the effect of gender on occupational
perceptions including the extent to which children's own gender and the gender
of the perceived occupant of a job affect perceptions of a given occupation.
Description
13 pages
Keywords
gender on perception, job recognition, child development
Citation
McGee, J., & Stockard, J. (1991). From a Child’s View: Children’s occupational knowledge and perceptions of occupational characteristics. Sociological Studies of Child Development, 4, 113—136. Retrieved from: https://pages.uoregon.edu/jeans/SSCD_1991.pdf