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Author: Devor, Camron Suzann
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Devor, Camron Suzann |
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Parental Divorce, Educational Expectations, and Children's Post-Baccalaureate Educational Attainment M.S. Thesis, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Iowa State University Keyword(s): Achievement; Divorce; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Educational Attainment; Parental Marital Status Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Previous research has shown parental divorce to be negatively associated with academic achievement. However, most of this research has been focused on the educational outcomes of children and adolescents as opposed to young adults. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether and how parental divorce affects children's post-baccalaureate educational attainment. An important factor found to be associated with children's educational success, particularly elementary and secondary educations is parental educational expectations. Therefore, I assess the extent to which these educational expectations might explain the association between parental divorce and children's postbaccalaureate educational attainment. Multivariate regression analyses demonstrated that parental divorce and parental educational expectations, individually, were significantly associated with children's post-baccalaureate educational attainment. In particular, adult children from divorced parental families had lower post-baccalaureate educational attainment compared to those from continuously married parent families. The parents of adult children who divorced and parents of adult children who remained continuously married had similar educational expectations for their child. These findings suggest that parental educational expectations do not mediate the relationship between parental divorce and children's post-baccalaureate educational attainment. Future research should examine the different types of family structures on children's graduate school enrollment and degree attainment to help facilitate policy aimed at adult children's educational success and economic viability. |
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Devor, Camron Suzann. Parental Divorce, Educational Expectations, and Children's Post-Baccalaureate Educational Attainment. M.S. Thesis, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, 2014. |
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Devor, Camron Suzann Stewart, Susan D. |
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Parental Divorce, Educational Expectations, and Educational Attainment among Young Adults Presented: San Diego CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April-May 2015 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): College Enrollment; Divorce; Educational Attainment; Parental Influences; Parental Marital Status Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Most research on parental divorce and academic achievement has focused on children and adolescents. There are few studies of young adults, and most focus on undergraduate education. Yet, education beyond a bachelor's degree has become increasingly important in ensuring one's future economic success. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, this study investigated whether and how parental divorce affects young adults' educational attainment, measured by attainment of a bachelor's degree, a graduate or professional degree, or enrollment in a graduate/professional program. A secondary goal was to assess the role of parental educational expectations. Results indicate that parental divorce and lower educational expectations among parents were associated with lower educational attainment among young adults. Lower parental educational expectations did not explain lower educational attainment for young adults with divorced parents. Future research should explore factors that explain lower rates of educational attainment among young adults with divorced parents. |
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Devor, Camron Suzann and Susan D. Stewart. "Parental Divorce, Educational Expectations, and Educational Attainment among Young Adults." Presented: San Diego CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April-May 2015. |
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Devor, Camron Suzann Stewart, Susan D. Dorius, Cassandra J. |
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Parental Divorce, Social Capital, and Postbaccalaureate Educational Attainment Among Young Adults Journal of Family Issues 39,10 (July 2018): 2806-2835. Also: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0192513X18760349 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Divorce; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Educational Attainment; Parental Influences; Parental Marital Status Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Educational attainment is lower among children with divorced parents than those with continuously married parents. Most research has focused on the educational outcomes of children and little research has examined the effect of parental divorce on educational attainment beyond a bachelor's degree. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, we investigated how parental divorce affects young adult postbaccalaureate educational attainment, measured by graduate/professional school enrollment and attainment of a graduate/professional degree. We also examined the role of social capital, measured by parental educational expectations. Parental divorce was negatively associated with enrolling in a graduate/professional program and obtaining a degree. Parental educational expectations were positively related to children's postbaccalaureate educational attainment, but the expectations of divorced and continuously married parents were similar and did not explain the negative effect of parental divorce. More work is needed to investigate explanations for lower postbaccalaureate educational attainment among children of divorce. |
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Devor, Camron Suzann, Susan D. Stewart and Cassandra J. Dorius. "Parental Divorce, Social Capital, and Postbaccalaureate Educational Attainment Among Young Adults." Journal of Family Issues 39,10 (July 2018): 2806-2835.
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