Summary information
Study title
Pupils Interests, Abilities and Future Progress at School and Work, 1970
Creator
Weir, A. D., Scottish Council for Research in Education
Closs, S. J., University of Edinburgh, Department of Business Studies
Central Youth Employment Executive
Study number / PID
1285 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1285-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between interests and abilities among school leavers and to identify the relationships of these to subsequent academic achievements and to job choice and initial job satisfaction.
Main Topics:
Variables
Occupational interests; cognitive abilities and general intelligence; personality (Eysenck Personality Inventory) SCE O-grade and Higher exam results; father's occupation; job desired on leaving school; first job entered on leaving school; further education courses entered.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/03/1970 - 01/06/1970
Country
Scotland
Time dimension
Longitudinal/panel/cohort
one follow-up after one year
Analysis unit
Individuals
Groups
National
Pupils
School leavers
Universe
Scottish secondary schoolchildren
Sampling procedure
Simple random sample
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Postal survey
Educational measurements
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1981
Terms of data access
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Related publications
- Closs, S. (0001) Manual of the APU occupational interests guide: Hodder & Stoughton (Educational).