The study investigates background factors influencing the pursuit of sex-atypical
careers by Finnish women (N = 235). Adolescents were investigated three
times during an 8-year follow-up; the first time when the girls were in the
”nal grade of high school and planning their careers, the second time when
they had gained a place either in professional education or at university, and
”nally when they had taken their place in working life. Background
information was obtained about parents and grandparents. Recursive models with
latent generational family variables were ”tted. Nonagricultural
background of the grandparents predicted a somewhat higher education for the
parents, which in turn predicted higher academic success in high school leading to
an interest in, and the realisation of, sex-atypical careers.
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