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Venegas-Muggli, Juan I. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2020
This paper examines the role of sociodemographic characteristics on non-traditional mature freshmen higher education dropout rates. One of Chile's largest higher education institutions, which has an important number of mature students from more deprived social sectors, was used as a case study. A quantitative methodology was applied, based on the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Nontraditional Students
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Abafita, Jemal; Kim, Chang-Soo – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
We analyze the determinants of educational outcomes of primary school children in Tigray region of Ethiopia using a survey data gathered from four villages in 2013. Four different measures of schooling were used to examine the impact of household and child-specific factors. First, we examine the determinants of school attendance (ever-attendance,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Attendance, Enrollment
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Rendall, Michael S. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
Theory and evidence on disaster-induced population displacement have focused on individual and population-subgroup characteristics. Less is known about impacts on households. I estimate excess incidence of household breakup resulting from Hurricane Katrina by comparing a probability sample of pre-Katrina New Orleans resident adult household heads…
Descriptors: Poverty, Heads of Households, Probability, Natural Disasters
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Campbell, Frances A.; Pungello, Elizabeth P.; Burchinal, Margaret; Kainz, Kirsten; Pan, Yi; Wasik, Barbara H.; Barbarin, Oscar A.; Sparling, Joseph J.; Ramey, Craig T. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Adult (age 30) educational, economic, and social-emotional adjustment outcomes were investigated for participants in the Abecedarian Project, a randomized controlled trial of early childhood education for children from low-income families. Of the original 111 infants enrolled (98% African American), 101 took part in the age 30 follow-up. Primary…
Descriptors: Adults, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education, Low Income Groups