This chapter investigates changes in gender differences of young people’s educational and occupational aspirations and differences in the assumption of work and family-related adult roles.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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Schoon, I. (2010). 'Becoming adult: the persising importance of class and gender' Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing

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