How gendered is ambition? Educational and occupational plans of Indigenous youth in Australia

Joanna Sikora and Nicholas Biddle

International Journal of Educational Development, 2015, vol. 42, issue C, 1-13

Abstract: While educational and occupational expectations of Australian youth are known to differ by gender, its intersectionality with Indigenous status, which shapes these expectations, has received little attention. This analysis of the nationally representative Programme for International Student Assessment data, collected in 2006 and 2009 in Australia, finds similarities in school-related factors that boost ambition of Indigenous and non-Indigenous boys and girls. In contrast, maternal and paternal role models influence Indigenous and non-Indigenous students differently. Compared to boys, girls plan to enter occupations which require higher educational qualifications. Despite that, adolescent girls face lower expected lifetime incomes.

Keywords: Educational expectations of Indigenous youth in Australia; Occupational expectations of Indigenous youth in Australia; Programme for International Student Assessment – Australia; Gender and Indigenous youth in Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.02.011

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