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The Impact of Parental Occupation and Socioeconomic Status on Choice of College Major
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“Additionally, students with parents in professional or executive occupations associated with higher socioeconomic status are more likely to major in engineering and the sciences (Leppel et al., 2001).”
From Demographics, Purpose, and Dreams: Predicting Entering College as an Undecided Major Student (2023) · cites this paper as Leppel et al., 2001
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“Additionally, women with mothers in professional or executive occupations were less likely to select education majors (Leppel et al., 2001).”
From Demographics, Purpose, and Dreams: Predicting Entering College as an Undecided Major Student (2023) · cites this paper as Leppel et al., 2001
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Metadata
- Authors
- Leppel, K., Williams, M. L., & Waldauer, C.
- Affiliations
- Widener University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Leppel, Karen
- Venue
- Journal of Family and Economic Issues
- Published
- 2001-12
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 373-394
- ISSN
- 1058-0476 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3475
- OpenAlex
- W116845438
- Cited by
- 189
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Family and Economic Issues (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Career Development and Diversity
- Keywords
- college major choice, parental occupation, socioeconomic status, gender differences, business majors, parental influence on education
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