The Development of Occupational Aspirations and Expectations among Inner-City Boys

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3368-3385

  Cook, Thomas D ^a   Church, Mary B ^b   Ajanaku, Subira ^b   Shadish Jr , William R ^b   Kim, Jeong Ran ^a   Cohen, Robert ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030334740     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01918.x     Document Type: Article

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