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Schoen, Robert; Wooldredge, John – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1989
Investigated age, race, and educational patterns of marriage choice in North Carolina and Virginia during 1969-71 and 1979-81. Results support exchange theories of marriage behavior; females emphasized male economic characteristics; males emphasized female noneconomic characteristics. Major changes over 10 years were decline in level of marriage…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Educational Status Comparison, Marriage
Sorensen, Aage B. – 1978
This paper proposes a theory of the status attainment process, and specifies it in a mathematical model. The theory justifies a transformation of the conventional status scores to a metric that produces a exponential distribution of attainments, and a transformation of educational attainments to a metric that reflects the competitive advantage…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status, Educational Status Comparison

McConnel, Charles E.; Deljavan, Firooz – Educational Gerontology, 1981
Presents state-level educational statistics on the elderly population for 1960, 1970, and 1975. Describes an economic perspective that incorporates the level of educational attainment as a strategic variable in an explanatory model of social and economic behavior. Presents several tables of state- and national-level educational statistics. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
Cosby, Arthur G.; Picou, J. Steven – 1975
Extending application of Svalastoga's (1965) concept of system permeability to the intrasystem analysis of sex-race differentials in educational permeability in the rural South, an operational procedure was developed to quantify permeability as the percent variation in filial attainment of a status not associated with variations in parental…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Background
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1975
This report focused upon mathematical skills needed by the American consumer to function effectively in the marketplace. The nationwide assessment was conducted during the 1972-73 school year by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Respondents at four age levels were included: 9-year-olds, 13-year-olds, 17-year-olds, and young…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Education, Educational Status Comparison
Mott, Frank L.; Haurin, R. Jean – 1981
A study examined the extent to which socioeconomic and internal characteristics of families differentially affect ability of matched pairs of brothers and sisters to progress through the educational system. The data sets used were the National Longitudinal Surveys of Work Experience of Young Men and Women who were originally interviewed in 1966…
Descriptors: Careers, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
Steel, Lauri; Wise, Lauress L. – 1978
This paper explores how life course organization influences overall life quality and achievement, with emphasis on achievement differences between men and women. Life course organization refers to the level, timing, sequencing, and continuity of educational, occupational, marital, childbearing, and other commitments made by an individual over a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Career Choice, Career Development
Lorimer, Thomas; Bachu, Amara – 1980
Data pertaining to some basic aspects of women's participation in selected developing countries are presented in 13 charts, arranged alphabetically by region and country within region. Countries in each of the three major developing regions--Africa, Asia, and Latin America--are included when possible. Each chart presents data for a single topic in…
Descriptors: Age, Birth Rate, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations
Stoessiger, Rex – 1982
An analysis of a 1979 questionnaire and interviews with young women leaving school or continuing their education in country areas of Tasmania revealed that the females were having greater difficulty in obtaining employment and were the most isolated when unemployed. For this reason it was considered desirable to continue the study. A questionnaire…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dropouts, Educational Status Comparison, Employer Attitudes
Tinklin, Teresa; Croxford, Linda – 2000
Data that were originally gathered during the 1978-1990, 1994, and 1996 Scottish School Leavers Surveys were subjected to a secondary analysis to identify the qualifications, characteristics, and choices of high-attaining female school leavers. The following were among the key findings of the analysis: (1) on average, young women from all social…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
Smyth, Emer; Gangl, Markus; Raffe, David; Hannan, Damian F.; McCoy, Selina – 2001
This project aimed to develop a more comprehensive conceptual framework of school-to-work transitions in different national contexts and apply this framework to the empirical analysis of transition processes across European countries. It drew on these two data sources: European Community Labor Force Survey and integrated databases on national…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Demography
Bynner, John – 2002
The relationship between literacy, numeracy, and employability was examined by analyzing data on basic skills that were collected in two of Great Britain's birth cohort studies--the National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study. The functional literacy and numeracy skills of samples of 10% of the participants in each study…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship