Table 2.

Career activities rated by grade 7 and 9 students in Atlantic Canada as being in the top 2 favorites

Career activity	Percent	Number
Artistic, unusual, creative activities	45.9	548
Practical, productive, concrete activities	38.5	457
Taking responsibility, providing leadership, convincing	36.3	430
Organized into routines and having order	34.7	410
Reading, study, analysis, investigation	33.7	390
Helping others and being concerned for welfare	32.1	374

Sample size = sizes range from 1182 to 1199 across career activities. Data weighted by grade and province