Employment Behavior of Adolescent Family Members

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Abstract
Employment of adolescents age 16 through 18 in two‐parent families was analyzed in relation to personal and family characteristics, adolescent orientations and expectations, attitudes toward working, and parental attitudes toward working. Data are representative of families in selected metropolitan areas and small towns in six states. Significant differences were found in the factors contributing to employment of males and of females. Males ap peared more likely to emphasize career goals rather than immediate monetary rewards as reasons for working. Daughters were more likely to work if the mother was working, but sons were less likely to do so. Females were more likely to work if they viewed family income as inadequate; males less likely. Working adolescents generally reported that their job had a positive rather than negative effect on their overall quality of life, but they were neither happier nor unhappier with non‐work domains of life (family, school, leisure) than non‐ working youths.

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