The university and occupational aspirations of UK teenagers: how do they vary by gender? is a briefing by Lucinda Platt and Sam Parsons looking at when and how the aspirations of boys and girls begin to differ.
The briefing is based on the Working Paper Is the future female? Educational and occupational aspirations of teenage boys and girls in the UK, research looking at the university expectations and occupational aspirations of over 7,700 teenagers in the Millennium Cohort Study who were surveyed at age 14.
Lucinda Platt 