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Bickel, Robert – Youth and Society, 1989
Replicates a Florida study of high school students' decisions to drop out using data for West Virginia. Confirms earlier findings that the decision to drop out is based on the student's perceptions of the economic opportunities obtained by a high school diploma. (FMW)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economic Opportunities, Multiple Regression Analysis, Outcomes of Education