TY  - BOOK
AU  - Balangon, Alan D.
TI  - Career choices of selected fourth year high school students in the division of Pasay, School Year 2001-2002: an assessment
U1  - T 370 2002  
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Parañaque City
PB  - Olivarez College
KW  - Socio-economic status
N1  - Master Thesis
N2  - This study attempted to assess the career choices of selected senior high school students in Pasay City South High School and Pasay City West High School, school year 2001 - 2002. Specifically, it answered the following questions: 1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of the following demographic profile: 1.1 gender; 1.2 socio-economic status; and, 1.3 parent occupation? 2. What are the career choices of the respondents as to: 2.1 degree courses; and, 2.2 non-degree courses? 3. What are the respondents' reasons in the choice of a career? 4. Are there significant relationships in the three major career choices (Education, Military, Computer Science) of the respondents in relation to the demographic profile of gender, socio-economic status and parent occupation? 5. What program can be proposed to improve the career choices of high  school students in the Division of Pasay?  The respondents, 452 in number, were chosen through purposive  sampling. These were the senior high school students graduating during the  school year 2001 - 2002.  The descriptive method of research was used where the gathering device  is the questionnaire-checklist. Interviews and observations supported the data.  The data were statistically treated using frequency, percentage, ranking  and the chi-square test. Frequency was used to determine the number of  respondents in the different variables. Percentage was used in the distribution of  respondents according to the profile items. Ranking was used to identify or  determine the position obtained in the inventory, and chi-square was used to  know the extent of relationships between the major career choices of the  respondents to the selected demographic profile of gender, socio-economic status  and parent occupation.  The null hypothesis formulated was that, there is no significant  relationship in the three major career choices (Education, Military, Computer  Science) of the respondents as to gender, socio-economic status and parent
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