
ERIC Number: ED298189
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Dec
Pages: 48
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Technical Notes to the Tables on Children, Education and Poverty.
Peterson, James L.; Zill, Nicholas
This document presents statistical data on the variables that affect the education of children aged 5 to 18 living in households. The data are culled from the October Current Population Surveys (CPS) for 1977, 1982, and 1983, and the March CPS for 1978, 1983, and 1984. The following variables are examined: (1) poverty; (2) race/ethnicity; (3) enrollment; (4) family structure; (5) family size; (6) maternal employment; (7) parents' educational attainment; (8) residential mobility; (9) grade placement; and (10) modal grade. Data are presented on 13 tables. (BJV)
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Census Figures, Educational Attainment, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Parents, Enrollment Trends, Ethnicity, Family Size, Family (Sociological Unit), High School Students, Migration, Mothers, Poverty, Predictor Variables, Residential Patterns, Statistical Data
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Child Trends, Inc., Washington, DC.
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