Gender Differences in Career Choice among Selected Adolescents of Bangladesh

M. Nurul Islam¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.2 , pp.20-24, Feb-2022

Online published on Feb 28, 2022

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Abstract :
The study was conducted under the research project of Inter Services Selection Board of Bangladesh to understand the job preferences especially preference on military profession of the adolescent youths of Bangladesh. However, this particular study is focused to find the gender difference in career choice among the Higher Secondary College level adolescents only. A total of 2916 adolescents of different colleges participated voluntarily in response to the predesigned questionnaire of this study. Gender differences in career choice were found through statistical analysis among the selected adolescent sample. The significant difference was found in seven professions out of thirteen chosen professions between male and female adolescent students of the country. Further in-depth study might be carried out to understand the basic causes of these differences. The present findings of this segmented study might be helpful for the educators, researchers and enthusiasts for career counseling of the adolescent youths/ young adults of college students.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Career Choice, Adolescent Youth, Students, Gender Differences

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