Parents who influence their children to become scientists: Effects of gender and parental education

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 927-941

  Sonnert, Gerhard ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Gender; Opportunity structure; Parental influence; Role model; Science careers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD REARING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SCIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; ROLE; SCIENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70450217549     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312709335843     Document Type: Article

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