Children's views of occupational roles which ate traditionally sex-typed by society were explored as differences among the views of children located in rural, suburban, or central city area. Their acceptance of occupational roles for men and for women was explored. For a sample of 270 children, 90 children at each of the location factors, rural, suburban, and central city, the occupational role views were measured. The degree of sex-typing was high among all subjects. Children viewed occupations as the role of one sex or the other, according to traditional sex-typed views.
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