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1. Ramirez, Albert
Chavez, Ruth
Family- and Work-Related Attitudes and Aspirations of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Youth
Research Reports on Hispanic Youth Employment Series, No. H10. Washington, DC: National Council of La Rasa (NCLR), 1982
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Family Size; High School Dropouts; Hispanic Youth; Hispanics; Occupational Aspirations; Racial Differences; Work Attachment; World of Work Test

This report was also presented at the Symposium on Hispanic Youth Employment: Research and Policy Issues in Washington DC, 1982.

White non-Hispanic and Hispanic youth are compared in this study and found to have more similar than dissimilar work- and family-related attitudes as well as aspirations and expectations. Both groups indicate a high level of work commitment, particularly apparent among Hispanic males, and both want a fair wage for their work. Knowledge of world of work, however, is highest among non-Hispanic youth and among males. Differences regarding ideal, desired, and expected number of children are statistically significant between the two groups, but actual differences are rather small. A high congruence appears, for example, between Hispanic males and females in terms of their ideal, desired, and expected number of children--these attitudes tend toward the direction of non-traditional and thus do not support those studies characterizing the Hispanic family as male-dominated and non-egalitarian. Both groups aspire to education beyond high school and expect to achieve additional schooling. An important difference between these groups, nonetheless, is that Hispanic youth are more likely to drop out of school because of outside responsibilities such as family, financial, or work-related reasons than because of school-related reasons.

Bibliography Citation
Ramirez, Albert and Ruth Chavez. "Family- and Work-Related Attitudes and Aspirations of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Youth." Research Reports on Hispanic Youth Employment Series, No. H10. Washington, DC: National Council of La Rasa (NCLR), 1982.