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Title: Educational Attainment Trajectories of U.S. Adults: Sociodemographic Differences in When People Finish Their Schooling
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Cohen, Alison K. Smith, Louisa H. Ream, Robert K. Glymour, M. Maria Yen, Irene H. |
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Educational Attainment Trajectories of U.S. Adults: Sociodemographic Differences in When People Finish Their Schooling Presented: San Antonio TX, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, April-May 2017 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Educational Research Association Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Ethnic Differences; Household Influences; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study describes lifetime educational trajectories of members of the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth's 1979 cohort and explores differences in trajectories by race/ethnicity, sex, household circumstances, and other sociodemographic characteristics. We considered participants to have continued their education past a given age if at any time after that age their reported number of years of education increased, they reported earning a higher degree, or they were enrolled in high school or college. Two out of five people had not completed their education by age 25; one in eight had not completed by age 40. At every age after 18, Asians and whites had more education than African-Americans/blacks and Hispanics/Latinos. Causes and implications for these different trajectories are discussed. |
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Cohen, Alison K., Louisa H. Smith, Robert K. Ream, M. Maria Glymour and Irene H. Yen. "Educational Attainment Trajectories of U.S. Adults: Sociodemographic Differences in When People Finish Their Schooling." Presented: San Antonio TX, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, April-May 2017. |