Educational and Occupational Aspirations: A Longitudinal Study of Vienna Youth

VALLS CASAS, Ona; Astleithner, F; Schels, B; Vogl, S; Kogler, R

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Educational and Occupational Aspirations: A Longitudinal Study of Vienna Youth

VALLS CASAS, Ona; Astleithner, F; Schels, B et al.

2022 • In Social Inclusion, 10 (2), p. 226 - 239

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educational aspirations; educational transitions; low‐qualified young people; occupational aspirations; social inequalities

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[en] During their transition from lower to upper secondary education, young people make educational and occupational choices driven by their aspirations. Such aspirations are shaped by the individuals’ social environment, their idea of what seems achievable and desirable, and their experiences. Therefore, aspirations can change during the transitional phase. In this article, we explore the development of educational and occupational aspirations of young people over three years. At the start of the study period, the students were attending the lower track in lower secondary education, the so‐called Neue Mittelschule (8th grade), in the city of Vienna in the 2017–2018 academic year. Drawing on the panel survey data (2018–2020) of the Pathways to the Future project, we simultaneously explore stability and change of educational and occupational aspirations. We describe different patterns of change in aspirations and analyse the influence of sociodemo-graphic characteristics and prior achievement on these patterns. Using latent transition analysis, we identify 11 patterns of aspirations with important differences depending on social background. Most of the students have stable aspirations. However, the results show that school performance, migration background, and the level of parental education play important roles in explaining different levels and patterns of aspirations over time. These longitudinal analyses of educational and occupational aspirations provide important insights into the transition process. © 2022 by the author(s); licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal).

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Sociology & social sciences

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VALLS CASAS, Ona ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) > Centre for Childhood and Youth Research

Astleithner, F

Schels, B

Vogl, S

Kogler, R

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English

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Educational and Occupational Aspirations: A Longitudinal Study of Vienna Youth

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2022

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Social Inclusion

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226 - 239

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