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Title: The Relationship Between Female Delinquent Behavior and Work Values, Occupational Aspirations, and Labor Market Experience
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Just, David Allen |
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The Relationship Between Female Delinquent Behavior and Work Values, Occupational Aspirations, and Labor Market Experience Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1984. Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Attitudes; Behavioral Problems; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Labor Force Participation; Occupational Aspirations; School Suspension/Expulsion; Vocational Education The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between female delinquent behavior and work values, occupational aspirations, and labor market experience. Data was derived from the 1980 NLSY. Analyses were conducted on approximately 4,000 youth and three criterion variables were used: work values, occupational aspirations, and labor force status. The variates examined were: delinquency, gender, ethnic origin, age, suspension from school, current residence (rural/urban), and residence in a SMSA. Three methods of analysis were applied to the data: logistic regression (to analyze work values, employment status, and expected ability to achieve aspirations at age 35); least squares regression (to determine the relationship between the variates and the criterion variable, "occupational aspirations"); and cross-tabulation (to illustrate the relationship between the delinquency index and employment status). The findings were of two types: variates that showed a distinct relationship with the criterion variables; and those which were significant because they did not show any relationship to the criterion variables. Recommendations were offered concerning the reduction of present inequities, integration of the school system with the juvenile justice system, and the initiation of further research and pilot programs within the vocational education system. |
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Just, David Allen. The Relationship Between Female Delinquent Behavior and Work Values, Occupational Aspirations, and Labor Market Experience. Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 1984.. |