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DURING the course of a survey of the aspirations and expectations of some 1,300 pupils about to leave school1 the following questions were asked, in a questionnaire administered in the classroom: When you are earning there are probably various things you hope to save up for. What do you hope to own after you have been working for a year? When you have been working for about 9 or 10 years? What do you hope to own by the time you retire?
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Veness, T., School Leavers: their Aspirations and Expectations (Methuen, London, 1962).
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VENESS, T. A Regional Difference in Expected Consumption Patterns. Nature 196, 1234–1235 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961234a0
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