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Occupational Prestige Rankings And Future Occupational Expectations Of Iowa High School Seniors, Jackson Neal Baty Jan 1971

Occupational Prestige Rankings And Future Occupational Expectations Of Iowa High School Seniors, Jackson Neal Baty

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This study is an analysis of occupational prestige ratings of 3,122 Iowa high school seniors belonging to the class of 1970. They represented 90 percent of the seniors attending 21 randomly selected high schools, 18 of which can be categorized as public schools, two of which are parochial (Roman Catholic), and one of which is a university-connected laboratory school. There was one school (less than 250 students), one medium-size school (250-499 students), and one large school (500 or more students) in each of Iowa's seven congressional districts