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Title: Effects of Low Income and Living With a Single Parent on High School Completion for Young Women
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Shaw, Lois B. |
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Effects of Low Income and Living With a Single Parent on High School Completion for Young Women Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1982 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Family Income; High School Dropouts; Mothers and Daughters; Parents, Single; Racial Differences This paper examines the effects of living in a single parent family on the high school completion of young women after controlling for the effects of family income. Using a sample of mothers and daughters from the NLS of Mature and Young Women, it was found that, for white women, living with a single parent has no effect on high school completion once the generally lower income in single-parent families is taken into account. For black women, both low income and living with a single parent independently contribute to increased rates of dropping out of school. In considering policies to increase the rate of high school completion, the economic aspect of the problem deserves major attention. |
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Shaw, Lois B. "Effects of Low Income and Living With a Single Parent on High School Completion for Young Women." Report, Columbus OH: Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1982. |