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Title: Family and Household Effects on the Educational Attainment of Young Adults
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Wenk, Deeann L. Hardesty, Constance L. |
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Family and Household Effects on the Educational Attainment of Young Adults Technical Report, ERIC Document 334054. Previous version presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1991). Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ERIC Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Family Influences; Family Structure; Poverty; Residence; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study examines the impact of family structure, poverty level, and region of residence on educational attainment. The study uses data collected by the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, with a probability sample of 3,854 men and women aged 14 to 18 in 1979. Logistic regression was used to allow for the analysis of dichotomous dependent variables (high school completion versus incompletion and attendance of at least one year of college versus not attending college). Parent's socioeconomic status is measured by the mother's and father's education and occupation. Household structure is categorized as two parent household, one parent household, or an alternative household form. Residential status is measured in terms of rural/urban and southern/non-southern. Significant findings are: (1) living in a single parent or two-parent household (in contrast to alternative form of household) increases the odds of completing high school and living in a two-parent household increases the odds of attending college; (2) education of both parents is a powerful predictor of college attendance; (3) living in poverty significantly decreases the odds of both high school completion and college attendance; and (4) the negative effect of living in the rural south disappears when the effects of family background are controlled. |
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Wenk, Deeann L. and Constance L. Hardesty. "Family and Household Effects on the Educational Attainment of Young Adults." Technical Report, ERIC Document 334054. Previous version presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1991). |