Choice of Holland's social type college majors for US racial/ethnic groups

We used national data to study the longitudinal effects of several variable s on choice of Holland (1997) social type college majors versus other major s. We examined these effects for four of the five major U.S. racial/ethnic groups, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, Blacks, and Whites. Effects of mathematics scores and gender on choice of social majors were fairly consis tent across racial/ethnic groups, whereas effects of reading scores and SES differed across racial/ethnic groups. Results for Whites were most consist ent with Holland's theoretical formulations regarding the effects of variab les on choice of social-type educational/occupational environments.