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Social Origins and Sex-Differential Schooling in the Philippines.
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Smith, Peter C.; Cheung, Paul P. L. – Comparative Education Review, 1981
This article looks at Philippine data describing the upward course of educational attainment during a period of especially rapid economic change. It focuses on the distributional features of schooling as a status characteristic, relating the distribution of education to some important personal characteristics, including sex and aspects of social…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
The Participation of Women in Education in the Third World.
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Bowman, Mary Jean; Anderson, C. Arnold – Comparative Education Review, 1980
This paper looks at inter- and intracountry differences in Third World women's educational opportunities and attainments. Discussion includes differences in literacy rate by age; sex differences in enrollment rate, promotion, and wastage; early marriage and other social customs impacting on women's schooling; and social class differences in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Age Differences, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
The Impact of Educational Reform: Empirical Evidence from Two Dutch Generations.
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Faasse, J. H.; And Others – Comparative Education, 1987
Focuses on changes that occurred in the Dutch educational attainment process in a 25-year period, comparing a group of students born around 1940 with a group born around 1965. Discusses implications of educational reforms and changes in the Dutch systems of labor and welfare.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Change
Social Background, Schooling, and Parental Job Attitudes as Related to Adolescents' Work Values.
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Mannheim, Bilha – Youth and Society, 1988
Examination of 209 Israeli high school students reveals that parental values and work attitudes, parental education and place of birth, mother's work, and school track explain only small amounts of variance in adolescents' work values. Gender and racial background were found to have strong effects on work values. (BJV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Employed Parents
Competent Children at 8: Families, Early Education, and Schools.
Wylie, Cathy; Thompson, Jean; Lythe, Cathy – 1999
A longitudinal study described variations and changes in New Zealand children's cognitive, social, communicative, and problem-solving competencies from school entry at age 5 years and examined the impact of early childhood education experiences, family resources, home activities, and school resources on those competencies. This report, the third…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cognitive Development
Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America.
Child Trends, Inc., Washington, DC. – 2002
Noting that the great majority of Americans will become parents at some point in their lives, this report uses data from 13 federal or privately-collected nationally-representative studies or other data sources to present a comprehensive statistical picture of how mothers and fathers in America feel about parenting, how they parent, and how they…
Descriptors: Abortions, Birth Rate, Child Care, Child Custody
Outcomes from Enabling Courses.
Phan, Oanh; Ball, Katrina – 2001
The outcomes of enabling courses offered in Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector were examined. "Enabling course" was defined as lower-level preparatory and prevocational courses covering a wide range of areas, including remedial education, bridging courses, precertificate courses, and general employment preparation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Course Selection (Students)