Publisher's Synopsis
This volume presents the key findings of the Pathways to the Future study, which is being conducted at the Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna. The study aims at analysing the socialisation of adolescents in Vienna, who attended an Austrian so-called new secondary school (Neue Mittelschule), by adopting a holistic approach. This volume focuses on an important stage in the life of adolescents: the transition from school to work or to upper secondary education. It demonstrates which objectives young people pursue and how socio-economic factors such as class, gender and ethnicity influence them. Moreover, it shows how their families support them, and how they deal with the transition to other schools or professional training as well as with different support measures.
