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EJ537275 CG549459
Title: Social Capital and Dropping Out of School Early.Author(s): Teachman, Jay D.; And Others
Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family, v58 n3 p773-83 Aug 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0022-2445
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUN1997
Examimes the
effects of various measures of social capital on the likelihood
of dropping out of school early. Results indicate that specific
indicators of social capitol can account for all of the effect of
attending a Catholic school, but for only a fraction of the effect
of family structure on leaving school early. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Capital; Catholic Schools; Dropout Attitudes; *Dropout
Research; *Dropouts; Family (Sociological Unit); Family Structure;
High School Students; *Human Capital; Parent Child Relationship;
Secondary Education
Identifiers: *National Longitudinal Surveys
