The Job Interests, Work Incentives and Perceived Barriers and Limitations to Employment of a Group of Older Trainees in a Suburban New York County

Abstract

The study investigates Ihe job priorities of a group of older trainees and the relationship between age, gender, race and education level and the importance of specific features of h e job, and perceived limitations and barriers to employment. ' h e trainees were enrolled in a Senior Community Service and Employment Project in a suburban New York county. A questionnaire was utilized for data collection. Data analysis includes T test cornvarisons of sub-groups within the population, designed to measure the relation- shio of Ihe soecific demomaohic features to imwrtance of features of ihe job, d and, between education and the impor- tance of specific features of the job.