Gender and Degree Programs: The Interest for an Academic Field, a Factor that Influences the Choice of a Bachelors Degree
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Career choice, gender differences, decision making.Abstract
As part of a study on the expectations of benefit of higher education applicants, this article approaches the choice of a degree program according to the academic interest from the perspective of the rational analysis. Applicants who took the admissions test in two institutions were surveyed in order to carry out later statistical analysis with the purpose of finding a multivariate model. The obtained results showed that gender, work, and age were related to the applicants’ interest on certain academic degree program. The interest for a degree program tends to be unimportant in employed women’s choices, aged 20 years or older. Among applicants whose father considered higher education very important, the probability to consider one’s interest on the choice of a bachelor’s degree was higher for male applicants. The above information confirms the variation in rational calculations regarding social characteristics.Downloads
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Canes, B. J. y Rosen, H. S. (1995). Following in her footsteps? Faculty gender composition and women's choices of college majors. Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 48, 486-504
Garson, G. D. (2006). Log-linear, logit, and probit models. Consultado el día 1 de marzo de 2006, en el sitio web de North Carolina State University: http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/logit.htm
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Lackland, A. C. y De Lisi, R . (2001). Students' choices of college majors that are gender traditional and nontraditional. Journal of College Student Development, 42, 39-48.
Leppel, K, Williams, M. L. y Waldauer, C. (2001). The impact of parental occupation and socioeconomic status on choice of college major. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 22, 373-394.
Losh, S. C. (2006). The multivariate analysis of categorical data. Consultado el día 1 de mayo de 2006, en: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~slosh/CatDataGuide4.html
Malgwi, C. A., Howe, M. A. y Burnaby, P. A. (2005). Influences on students' choice of college major. Journal of Education for Business, 80, 275-282.
Marks, G. y Houston, D. M. (2002). The determinants of young women's Intentions about education, career development and family life. Journal of Education & Work, 15, 3, 321-336.
Sallop, L. J. y Kirby, S. L. (2007). The role of gender and work experience on career and work force diversity expectations. Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, 8, 122-130.
Song, C., y Glick, J. E. (2004). College attendance and choice of college majors among Asian-American students. Social Science Quarterly, 85, 1401-1421.
Turner, S. E. y Bowen, W. G. (1999). Choice of major: The changing (unchanging) gender gap. Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 52, 289-313.
Wright, S. (2005). Young people's decision-making in 14-19 education and training: a review of the literature. The Nuffield Review of 14-19 education & Training (Briefing paper 4) Consultado el 2 de diciembre de 2005, en: http://www.nuffield14-19review.org.uk/files/documents91-1.pdf
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