[jQuery] Selection an option

[jQuery] Selection an option


Hi all, how would select an option and set its attribute to selected?
I have this part already :
$("#intended_start_month").attr("selected", "selected");
This is the HTML, I want so make a particular month selected when the
page loads
    <select id="intended_start_month" name="intended_start_month">
<option value="january"> Januar</option>
            <option value="february"> Februar</option>
----- and so on.....
Thanks