Aspirations as Related to School Performance and Socioeconomic Status

Multivariate and univariate analyses of variance were performed to examine the relationship of educational and occupational aspirations to school performance and socioeconomic status. Studied were 160 middle- and lowerclass successful and nonsuccessful grade ten students. The conclusions were that the aspirations of successful students are higher than those of nonsuccessful students, even when the effects of socioeconomic status and sex have been eliminated. Also, with the effects of school performance and sex removed, the aspirations of middle-class students are higher than those of lower-class students. Finally, the effect of sex is all but nonexistent, except for higher ideal educational aspirations for males, when the effects of school