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Title: Beyond Credential: Postsecondary Education and Health in Early Adulthood
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Humphries, Melissa |
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Beyond Credential: Postsecondary Education and Health in Early Adulthood Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 2015. Also: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/31680 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: University of Texas at Austin Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); College Characteristics; College Degree; Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this dissertation, I focus more deeply on the postsecondary education process itself through examination of enrollment, attainment and type of institution attended and how these attributes relate to young adult self-rated health. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), I investigate how the postsecondary experience is associated with young adult health. The longitudinal nature of the data also allow for consideration of prior health, SES and educational factors which sharpens the analyses to better highlight the actual association between postsecondary schooling and early adult health. In the first analytic chapter, I find that when time enrolled and degree earned are modeled concurrently, degree attainment retains an independent effect on both self-rated health and work limitations. However, for respondents who enter postsecondary schooling, but do not earn a degree, time enrolled in four-year institutions, but not two-year institutions, is associated with a higher probability of reporting better self-rated health. The second analytic chapter shows that students who attend selective four-year schools have a health advantage to those who enroll in less selective schools. Interestingly, the better health of those in elite colleges is explained by their lower BMIs. The remaining chapter of my dissertation explores how the relationships between education and health differ across gender. |
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Humphries, Melissa. Beyond Credential: Postsecondary Education and Health in Early Adulthood. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 2015.. |