<p>The present study is concerned with vocational expectations and aspirations in Mexican-American eighth-grade children. The data were Ss’ responses to questionnaire items about their own expected and wished- for vocations and about their fathers’ vocations. The results, based on chi- square analyses, support hypotheses that expectations and aspirations are not equivalent (p&lt;.001), that Mexican-American Ss express significantly (PC.001) lower levels of vocational expectations and aspirations when com­pared with those previously noted in other ethnic groups (Stephenson, 1957), and that the observed ethnic differences persist (p&lt;.001) when the data are analyzed within socioeconomic lines (father’s occupational status). Impli­cations for educational and vocational achievement are noted.</p>