Research article summary (published 30 May 2003):

Segregation, ethnic labour market and the occupational expectations of Palestinian students in Israel.

Full Abstract

Using data from a large national representative survey of Palestinian high school students in Israel, this study examines the effect of the local labour market and the internal ethnic/religious segregation between Muslims, Christians and Druze, on students' occupational expectations. The data, which were collected in spring 1997, consisted of two types, these being data regarding students, and data regarding schools. The findings show that despite the disadvantages of the Palestinian minority as a whole within Israeli society, students tend to develop high occupational expectations. While the general level of their expectations can be explained by their educational and residential segregation from the Jewish majority, the multi-level analyses suggests that the internal segregation facilitates differential access to socio-economic resources, which generate different levels of occupational expectations between students from various ethnic/religious groups. More specifically, the findings demonstrate that the social and economic differences between Muslims, Christians and Druze are playing a central role in determining students' expectations, acting as a mechanism to preserve social inequality. The gender dimension of the occupational expectations and the influence of die segregation between Palestinian and Jewish students, are also discussed.

Author information

Author/s: Khattab, Nabil (N);

Affiliation: The Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, The University of Manchester.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: The British journal of sociology (Br J Sociol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Jun; vol 54 (issue 2) : pp 259-85

Dates: Created 2003/08/29; Completed 2003/10/07; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12945870, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adolescent Adult Arabs - psychology Career Choice Christianity Employment - psychology Female Humans

Humans Islam Israel Male Occupations - classification Prejudice Social Isolation Students - psychology

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