Social Class, Occupational Aspiration, and Other Variables
Measures of occupational aspiration, perception of occupational prestige, achievement motivation, and fear of failure of 179 high school boys were investigated with Ss’ socioeconomic and grade levels as independent variables. ANOVA on a 3x4 factorial design and multiple comparisons showed that Ss from the lower and lower-lower socioeconomic groups had significantly lower occupational aspiration and more distorted perception of occupational prestige hierarchy than Ss from the middle class and that among the ninth grade Ss, the middle-class group possessed significantly higher achievement motivation than the lower and lower-lower groups, whereas among Ss from the lower-lower class., the twelfth grade group showed significantly higher achievement motivation than the ninth and tenth grade groups. Analyses of covariance were also carried out on a 3x4 factorial design with regard to occupational aspiration and perception of occupational prestige and the four dependent variables were factor analyzed and results ...