Responses of 480 students (ages 11 to 18 yr.) to the Dalton Vocational Importance Questionnaire developed to test Ginzberg's theory of occupational choice were analyzed to determine effects of ability, race, and socioeconomic status on perceived importance of capacities, interests, and values. Low-ability subjects perceived values as more important than did middle-ability and high-ability subjects. Blacks perceived capacities and values as more important than did whites. High-status and low-status subjects perceived capacities as more important than did middle-status subjects.
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