The Importance of Work, Family and Leisure among Girls Finishing Compulsory Education = Importancia del trabajo, la familia y el ocio para las alumnas al final de la educación obligatoria

Mª Teresa Padilla-Carmona

The purpose of this study was to examine the profiles of attribution of
importance to three life-roles (work, family and leisure) of 185 adolescent girls
about to finalize their period of compulsory education and, therefore, to face an
extremely relevant decision concerning their future. After the data collection
(questionnaire, self-image inventory, teachers' and families' appraisals of
performance, marks registration), a cluster analysis was conducted in order to
identify groups of responses among participants. Results indicated that girls grant
a different level of importance to life-roles, or to different combinations between
them. Three groups can be identified: one group of girls who grant a great
importance to both work and family roles; another who appraise work and leisure
highly, giving little importance to the family role; and, finally, a third group of girls
that seem to be essentially concerned with taking care of the family and being
mothers.

Escritor

Mª Teresa Padilla-Carmona

Materia

Educación

Idioma