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Inter College Adolescents Career Preferences in Urban Kanpur of Uttar Pradesh


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Present study was conducted in Kanpur city of UP state on 300 adolescents (147 boys and 153 girls) randomly selected from 6 intermediate colleges to assess their carrier preferences (science and technology-ST, commerce and management-CM, tourism and hospitality-TH, mass media and journalism-MMJ, artistic and designing-AD, medical-M, agriculture-AG, defense-D, law and order-LO and education-E) using Standard Carrier Test. Data revealed that adolescents were in age group between 14-17 years. Higher number of respondents belonged (each 23.66 %) to business and service class families, while lowest number of adolescents belonged to families working in factories (16.66%). About 47 per cent of adolescent's families had income less than Rs. 5000/-month and lowest number of respondents (20.0%) had family income between Rs. 5000 to 10000/-month. Data further revealed that ST was the most preferred carrier of adolescents (64) and AG as least preferred carrier (0). Girls preferred M, MMJ and AD over boys while later have more preference to ST and CM than former. There was change in preference of adolescents for carrier over different month's period. It is evident from the results that ST and M is the most preferred carrier, while AG and D are the least preferred carriers among adolescents. Preference of adolescents to carrier also changes with time.

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Adolescents, Carrier Preferences, Inter College, Social Variables.
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Authors

Meenakshi Singh
Institute of Home Science, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (U.P.), India
Shikha Shakya
Institute of Home Science, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (U.P.), India

Abstract


Present study was conducted in Kanpur city of UP state on 300 adolescents (147 boys and 153 girls) randomly selected from 6 intermediate colleges to assess their carrier preferences (science and technology-ST, commerce and management-CM, tourism and hospitality-TH, mass media and journalism-MMJ, artistic and designing-AD, medical-M, agriculture-AG, defense-D, law and order-LO and education-E) using Standard Carrier Test. Data revealed that adolescents were in age group between 14-17 years. Higher number of respondents belonged (each 23.66 %) to business and service class families, while lowest number of adolescents belonged to families working in factories (16.66%). About 47 per cent of adolescent's families had income less than Rs. 5000/-month and lowest number of respondents (20.0%) had family income between Rs. 5000 to 10000/-month. Data further revealed that ST was the most preferred carrier of adolescents (64) and AG as least preferred carrier (0). Girls preferred M, MMJ and AD over boys while later have more preference to ST and CM than former. There was change in preference of adolescents for carrier over different month's period. It is evident from the results that ST and M is the most preferred carrier, while AG and D are the least preferred carriers among adolescents. Preference of adolescents to carrier also changes with time.

Keywords


Adolescents, Carrier Preferences, Inter College, Social Variables.

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