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Direct linkLindsay Paterson – Research Papers in Education, 2024
Changes over time in social-class inequality of educational attainment have been shown by previous research to depend on whether attainment is measured absolutely or relatively. The pioneering work in this respect by Bukodi and Goldthorpe found that inequality has fallen when attainment is measured absolutely (for example, as the percentage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Differences, Gender Differences, Longitudinal Studies
Weijuan Wu; Xuelin Yang; Yehui Lao – SAGE Open, 2025
This article uses survey data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS2015) to test whether the educational level across three generations are transmitted within families and whether number of grandparents' children influences these intergenerational transmissions in China. We obtain evidences that the educational level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Trends, Generational Differences, Longitudinal Studies
Santiago Morales; Maureen E. Bowers; Lauren Shuffrey; Katherine Ziegler; Sonya Troller-Renfree; Alexis Hernandez; Stephanie C. Leach; Monica McGrath; Cindy Ola; Leslie D. Leve; Sara S. Nozadi; Margaret M. Swingler; Jin-Shei Lai; Julie B. Schweitzer; William Fifer; Carlos A. Camargo Jr.; Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey; Allison L. B. Shapiro; Daniel P. Keating; Tina V. Hartert; Sean Deoni; Assiamira Ferrara; Amy J. Elliott – Developmental Psychology, 2024
A large body of research has established a relation between maternal education and children's neurocognitive functions, such as executive function and language. However, most studies have focused on early childhood and relatively few studies have examined associations with changes in maternal education over time. Consequently, it remains unclear…
Descriptors: Mothers, Educational Attainment, Child Development, Thinking Skills
Love, J.; Bennetts, S. K.; Berthelsen, D.; Hackworth, N. J.; Westrupp, E. M.; Mensah, F. K.; Nicholson, J. M. – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2022
Demographic data, such as highest level of education attained, are often assumed to be relatively free from measurement error. As part of an evaluation of an early childhood parenting intervention, 654 parents reported their highest level of education via telephone interview at baseline and self-directed questionnaire at follow-up 5.7 years later.…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Longitudinal Studies, Measurement Techniques, Error of Measurement
Holton-Thomas, Amber; Perez-Felkner, Lara; Templeton, Da'Shay Portis – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
To sustain the higher education industry and address U.S. economic downturns, researchers must prioritize research on undergraduates aged 24 or above -- contemporary students. This empirical study finds contemporary students have lower chances of attaining degrees--"any degrees"--than their younger peers. Using nationally representative…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, College Transfer Students, Educational Attainment, Longitudinal Studies
Download full textS. Lee; D. Shapiro – National Student Clearinghouse, 2023
As the twelfth in the Completing College series, this report updates the six-year college completion rates nationally and by state, by tracking the enrollment and completion outcomes for the fall 2017 cohort of beginning college students through June 2023. The report also features national eight-year completion outcomes for fall 2015 through June…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Longitudinal Studies, Time to Degree, College Students
Jonas Olofsson; Alexandru Panican – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
The basis of this article is a follow-up study of a cohort of pupils in the third largest city of Sweden, Malmö. The pupils finished fourth grade at compulsory school in 2008. We have data about every individual in the cohort as well as corresponding information about their parents. The information concern educational choices, educational…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Transitional Programs
Jin Jiang; Hon-Kwong Lui – Research in Higher Education, 2025
The global trend of higher education expansion has increasingly transformed knowledge-based economies, with Hong Kong exemplifying this phenomenon through a dramatic rise in university participation. Nevertheless, ongoing scholarly discussions question the economic returns to university education. The varied research outcomes may be attributed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Longitudinal Studies, Income
Whitaker, Stephan D. – Education Economics, 2023
Using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY), this article examines the influence of a region's industrial composition on the educational attainment of children raised by parents who do not have college degrees. The NLSY's geo-coded panel allows for precise measurements of the local industries that shaped the parents' employment…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Parent Background, Social Mobility, Children
Joo, Young Sun; Kim, Youngmi – Children & Schools, 2023
Schools and neighborhoods are adolescents' primary environments, and each has a significant influence on their academic success. The majority of studies on educational attainment have examined the impact of a single context--either the school or the neighborhood--suggesting mixed findings on school and neighborhood effects as well as potential…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Neighborhoods, Educational Attainment, Racial Differences
Samuels, Jody; Davis, Amanda L.; McQuillin, Samuel D. – Youth & Society, 2023
Youth who report prosocial relationships with natural mentors show increased social and academic success and life satisfaction. However, little research investigates how mentors impact aspects of youth identity such as athleticism or religiosity. The present study applies a Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) analysis model to data from a…
Descriptors: Youth, Self Concept, Religion, Religious Factors
Chesters, Jenny; Cuervo, Hernan – Australian Educational Researcher, 2022
Since 1990, the Australian higher education system has experienced ongoing reform resulting in the number of universities and student populations more than doubling. Despite this expansion, inequalities in access to higher education related to family background and location persist. Due to the concentration of higher education campuses in the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Foreign Countries
Eric S. Cerino; Susan T. Charles; Jacqueline Mogle; Jonathan Rush; Jennifer R. Piazza; Laura M. Klepacz; Margie E. Lachman; David M. Almeida – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Perceived control is an important psychosocial resource for health and well-being across the lifespan. Global control (i.e., overall perceived control) decreases over time in studies following people every few years to upwards of 10 years. Changes across wider intervals of the lifespan, however, have yet to be examined. Further, how perceived…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Adults, Longitudinal Studies, Age Differences
Michal Kozák; Tilmann von Soest – Journal of Education and Work, 2024
Adolescence is a crucial period for the formation of work values, which are strongly linked to young people's educational and occupational choices. However, longitudinal studies that systematically explore interlinkages between adolescent work values and attainment in other relevant domains of adult life are scarce. This study addresses this gap…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Work Attitudes, Values, Longitudinal Studies
Spencer, George – Journal of Higher Education, 2023
Drawing on data from the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:04/09) and the Postsecondary Education Transcript Study (PETS), this study examined the risks associated with losing credits in the process of transferring between colleges. The effects of credit loss are considered on the timing of degree completion and student loan…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Transfer Students, Longitudinal Studies, Postsecondary Education
