GENDER, PERSONALITY AND PARENTAL EXPECTATION AS CORRELATES OF OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN POTISKUM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, YOBE STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined gender, personality and parental expectation as correlates of occupational choice among 
senior secondary school students in Potiskum L.G.A. Three research questions, objectives and research hypotheses 
guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. A sample of 346 SSII students was drawn from 
the population through multi-stage sampling technique with the aid of Isreal (2013) table for determining sample 
size. Three set of instruments were used by the researcher to measure parental expectation, personality and career 
choice. The results of the finding indicated that: there is no significant relationship between students‘ personality 
and parental expectation; there is significant difference between parental expectation and gender; and there is no 
significant difference between occupational choice and gender. The study concluded that personality was not related 
to parental expectation among senior secondary school students. Based on the findings, recommendations were 
made that Counsellors and teachers should assist the students to understand their personality in relation to parental 
expectation by providing them with information on both personality characteristics and parental expectation, as it is 
indicated in this study that, personality is not related to students‘ parental expectation.