@misc{10481/66984,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/66984},
abstract = {The present study analyses the influence of family, specifically parents, on the career
decisions of their children, and how gender and socioeconomic status influence this choice. Research
was carried out using data obtained from a questionnaire administered to a representative sample of
students who took the university entrance examination (PEvAU, its Spanish acronym) in Spanish
North Africa. A quantitative research design was adopted in which multivariate analysis (MANOVA)
was applied anda decision tree, which was also used for graphical and analytical analysis. The main
results indicated a significant influence of parents on their children’s choices, this being the best
predictor regarding the decision to take the said examination. It was also verified that their choice of
Spanish Baccalaureate programme was significantly associated with their selected career path, and
gender and socioeconomic status had a significant impact on that decision. These results lead to the
need for further research on guidance from secondary education onwards. It would be interesting to
analyse factors neglected thus far, such as those related to the cultural environment of students.},
organization = {ITACA 

SEJ 131
HUM-983},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Family influence},
keywords = {Secondary transition to higher education},
keywords = {Career guidance},
keywords = {Decision making},
keywords = {Psychosocial factors},
title = {Gender and Socioeconomic Status as Factors of Individual Differences in Pre-University Students’ Decision-Making for Careers, with a Focus on Family Influence and Psychosocial Factors},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph18031344},
author = {Olmos Gómez, María Del Carmen and Luque Suárez, Mónica Francisca and Becerril Ruiz, Diego and Cuevas Rincón, Jesús Manuel},
}