Links between gendered leisure time in childhood and adolescence and gendered occupational aspirations

Bora Lee; Olivenne D. Skinner; Susan M. McHale

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.10.011

Links between gendered leisure time in childhood and adolescence and gendered occupational aspirations

Bora Lee, Olivenne D. Skinner, Susan M. McHale

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Abstract

The world of work remains gender-segregated, and research is needed to identify factors that may give rise to women's and men's vocational choices. This study explored bidirectional relations between youth's gendered career aspirations and the proportions of youth's leisure time spent in stereotypically gendered activities and gendered social contexts. Participants were 203 youth (52% girls) from predominantly white, working and middle class families living in the US, who reported on their occupational aspirations and gendered interests in home interviews and on their daily activities in a series of 7 nightly phone interviews on two occasions, in middle childhood (M_age = 10.9) and in adolescence (M_age = 17.3). Path models revealed that aspirations predicted youth's time use more so than the reverse. Time in gendered social contexts, specifically time in female-only contexts, but not time in gender-typed activities, predicted career aspirations. Implications of these findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	96-107
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Adolescence
Volume	62
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.10.011
Publication status	Published - 2018 Jan

Keywords

Adolescence
Gender
Leisure time use
Longitudinal
Middle childhood
Occupational aspirations

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Social Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

UN SDGs

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