Vocational planning of college women

These data were collected to study the vocational planning of senior college women. A questionnaire packet was mailed in the fall of 1962 to 270 Radcliffe College seniors, class of 1963, who were unmarried American citizens. A total of 137 usable questionnaires were completed and returned. The final sample consisted of 108 seniors who met criteria for inclusion in one of three vocational planning patterns: internalizer; identifier; and compiler. The research instruments included a questionnaire designed to assess background information, vocational plans, parental reactions to vocational plans, and marriage expectations. In addition to this questionnaire, three instruments were used: (1) three scales from the California Psychological Inventory, (2) the Gough Adjective Check List, and (3) the Matthew's Scale, a 33-item Likert-type scale to assess attitudes toward marriage and toward women and work. A brief follow-up questionnaire was distributed in May, 1963 to determine any changes in vocational plans. All of the 108 participants returned the follow-up questionnaire. During spring recess of the senior year, 35 women were selected from the three vocational planning patterns to be interviewed. The purpose of the interview was to gather data related to relationships with family, faculty and peers, personal goals, and chosen field. All paper data and computer-accessible data are available.