Occupational aspirations, gender, and educational attainment

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 601-622

  Powers, Rebecca S ^a   Wojtkiewicz, Roger A ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4344689345     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170490448784     Document Type: Review

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