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Jackson, Margot I. – Social Forces, 2010
Existing research rarely examines the social consequences of poor childhood health from a longitudinal perspective. Using data from the British National Child Development Study, I follow a cohort from before birth through middle age to examine whether children's health limitations before and during the educational process predict occupational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Health, Diseases, Disadvantaged
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Reynolds, John R.; Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick – Social Forces, 2011
What do recent trends toward increasingly ambitious educational expectations and rising college completion rates mean for the stratification of higher education? This article shows that the odds of achieving expectations for a bachelor's degree increased across 15 cohorts of young adults, and to a lesser extent, for expectations to attend…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Attainment, Young Adults, Academic Aspiration