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Title: Determinants of Educational Attainment and Retention in School
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1. Shea, John R.
Wilkens, Roger A.
Determinants of Educational Attainment and Retention in School
Presented: New York, NY, American Educational Research Association Meetings, 1971
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: American Educational Research Association
Keyword(s): Bias Decomposition; College Education; Dropouts; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Educational Attainment; High School; Household Income; I.Q.; Parental Influences

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The paper examines the economic, social, and demographic correlates of (1) premature withdrawal of young men from high school and (2) transition from high school to college. The AID analysis indicates that dropping out of high school is associated with age-in-grade, educational aspirations, family income, I.Q., race, region, and expenditures per student. Educational expectations, curriculum, race, family composition, and the educational attainment of parents were strongly predictive of transition to college.
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Shea, John R. and Roger A. Wilkens. "Determinants of Educational Attainment and Retention in School." Presented: New York, NY, American Educational Research Association Meetings, 1971.