Relationship Of Individual Identity To The Choice Of Careers: The Case Of Youths In Uyo Local Government Area Of Akwa Ibom State
Keywords:
relationship, youths, choice of career, Individual identityAbstract
A survey design was adopted to examine the relationship of individual identity to the choice of careers, with particular reference to the youths in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Five villages were purposively selected from each of the four clans constituting UyoLGA while simple random sampling was used to select a total of 400 youths between the ages of 15 and 34 yearsfrom the five villages. Questionnaire was used for data collection and analyzed using frequency count, percentages and mean. The findings revealed among others that the youths do not consider their personal endowments and aptitudes in their choice of careers/jobs but venture into any available career/occupation with reasonable income. Thus, youths should be guided to choose careers/vocations that reflect their interests, abilities, skills, values and personalities.
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