Vocational Interests of Black College Women

The purpose of the investigation was to determine the differential vocational interest patterns of black college women when compared with two groups of white college women; one white group's mean age was 20, while the second group was women enrolled in college after several years of work or raising a family. The total sample of 294 university students was administered the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) for Women. Using the significant mean score difference and percentage comparison methods of analyzing and reporting SVIB results, some consistencies for the black college women were evident. These subjects had larger mean scale scores in the Military-Manager, Business, and Non-Professional groups; scales having lower mean scale scores were characteristically in the Scientific, Art, and Verbal-linguistic groups. The author suggests that the SVIB does not appear to tap the cultural-aesthetic interests of the black college women in this sample. Tables are included. (Author/SES)