Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, Faculty of Education and Sport Science, University of Granada, 52005 Melilla, Spain.
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Education and Sport Science, University of Granada, 52005 Melilla, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 2;18(3):1344. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18031344.
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.
本研究分析了家庭，特别是父母，对子女职业选择的影响，以及性别和社会经济地位如何影响这种选择。研究使用了从西班牙北非参加大学入学考试（PEvAU）的代表性学生样本中获得的数据进行，采用了定量研究设计，应用了多元分析（MANOVA）和决策树，也用于图形和分析分析。主要结果表明，父母对子女的选择有重大影响，这是关于参加上述考试的最佳预测因素。还验证了他们对西班牙学士学位课程的选择与他们选择的职业道路有显著关联，性别和社会经济地位对这一决策有重大影响。这些结果导致需要对从中等教育开始的指导进行进一步研究。分析迄今为止被忽视的因素（例如与学生文化环境相关的因素）将是有趣的。
