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Title: Dropping Out of High School and Drug Involvement
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Mensch, Barbara S. Kandel, Denise B. |
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Dropping Out of High School and Drug Involvement Sociology of Education 61,2 (April 1988): 95-113. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2112267 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Drug Use; Event History; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The relationship between dropping out of high school and substance use is explored using the NLSY, a national longitudinal sample of young Americans aged 19-27 in 1984. Cross-sectional data indicate that high school dropouts are more involved with cigarettes and illicit drugs than graduates, and those who go on to obtain a GED are the most intensely involved. Event history analysis indicates that, controlling for other important risk factors, prior use of cigarettes, marijuana and other illicit drugs increases the propensity of dropping out and that the earlier the initiation into drugs, the greater the probability of premature school leaving. Preventing or at least delaying initiation of drug use will reduce the incidence of dropping out in our nation's high schools. |
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Mensch, Barbara S. and Denise B. Kandel. "Dropping Out of High School and Drug Involvement." Sociology of Education 61,2 (April 1988): 95-113.
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