Post-Secondary Enrollment Decisions of High School Students: The Effect of Socioeconomic Status

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dc.contributor.advisorShamshak, Gina
dc.contributor.advisorShepard, Asha
dc.contributor.advisorGrossman, David
dc.contributor.authorRomberger, Madalyn
dc.contributor.departmentCenter for People, Politics & Markets - Economicsen_US
dc.contributor.programBachelor's Degreeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T18:24:45Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T18:24:45Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-01
dc.description.abstractDiscrepancies exist in the type of students who attend, and graduate from, post-secondary institutions. This study investigates the impact of socioeconomic status on students' enrollment decisions using the Education Longitudinal Study (ELS:2002). Using an ordinary least square (OLS) model specif cation, attendance is regressed against a combination of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The findings reveal that the statistical significance of the independent variables changes based on the inclusion of school income or parental income categories. Differences were observed among sex, race, standardized test scores, student work hours, and parental educational attainment variables.en_US
dc.format.extent21 pagesen_US
dc.genresenior honors thesisen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2uugg-wcqv
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/21440
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGoucher College, Baltimore, MD
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dc.rightsAttribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectsocioeconomic statusen_US
dc.subjectcollege choiceen_US
dc.subjectstudent decisionen_US
dc.subjectEducation Longitudinal Study (ELS)en_US
dc.subjectpost-secondary enrollmenten_US
dc.subjectfree lunch programen_US
dc.titlePost-Secondary Enrollment Decisions of High School Students: The Effect of Socioeconomic Statusen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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