Gender Role Perception and Vocational Choice of Trainees in Tvet Colleges/ Institutions

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2009-06

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Addis Ababa University

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The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of sex, parents' educational background and gender role perception on vocational choice of trainees in TVET colleges /institutions. Gender role p erception and vocational choice were measured in 309 participants (159 males and 150 females). Gender role perception measure assessed participants' attitude on gender roles along a five -point Likert scale. Vocational choice measures assessed participants' level of inte rest to different vocations along a five point scale of interest. The collected data were treated with an independ ent t-test, one way ANOVA, three-way ANOVA and four-way ANOVA and with post-hoc scheffee test. The result of the study revealed that there was no significant difference between males and females in gender role p e rception. Both displayed traditional gender role attitude. A significant difference was found between males and females in vocational choice. Females showed high interest in service/clerical vocations than males. Males showed high interest in practical/ manual vocations than females. Parents' educational background was found to be influential in trainees gender role attitude but not on their vocational choice. The post hoc comparison (Scheffee Test) demonstrated that trainees with parents of higher educational le vel demons trated fewer traditional gender role attitudes than trainees with parents of lower educational le vel. It was also found that gender role perception laid an influence on vocational choice. Finally, possible recommendations are forwarded taking into consideration the target group and other s takeholders .

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gender roles along a five -point Likert scale.

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