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Author: Johnson, Rex C.
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1. Sandell, Steven H.
Johnson, Rex C.
Young Women and Higher Education
Presented: New York, NY, American Educational Research Association Meetings, 1977
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: American Educational Research Association
Keyword(s): College Enrollment; Family Income; Fathers, Influence; Siblings; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

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The decisions of young women to enter college, as well as their choice of college, seem to be consistent with the economic investment model. White women's desired, expected, and actual college attendance are related positively to their parents' educational attainment, family income, and their own mental ability, and related negatively to the number of siblings. Similar, but statistically weaker findings are obtained for black women, with the exception of the effect of number of siblings. A significant and positive relationship exists between young women's mental ability, family income and various measures of the quality of the college attended by white women.
Bibliography Citation
Sandell, Steven H. and Rex C. Johnson. "Young Women and Higher Education." Presented: New York, NY, American Educational Research Association Meetings, 1977.