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It is difficult to ignore the growing influence of families in the everyday lives of young South Africans. The family influence can be on the students’ future thoughts, credit use and career choices among others. Using a data set of 150 students from Wits University and Vaal University, the current study investigates the influence of family support on students' career choices and the mediating role of credit use and future thoughts in this relationship. The results indicate that family support, future thoughts and credit use all influence student career choices in a positive way. However, only credit use has a significant impact on student career choices – hence indicating that credit availability and use plays a paramount role and influence on student career choices when compared to family support and student future thought. Implications of the research findings and future research directions are suggested in this study.

Does Family Support, Students’ Future Thoughts and Credit Use Influence their Career Choices? The Case of Students at Vaal University of Technology