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Timing of First Childbirth and Young Women's Postsecondary Education in an Inner-City Minority Cohort
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Ou, Suh-Ruu; Reynolds, Arthur J. – Urban Education, 2013
The present study investigated the relationships between the timing of women's first childbirth and their postsecondary education using an inner-city minority cohort. The study sample (695 females) was drawn from the Chicago Longitudinal Study (CLS), an ongoing investigation of a panel of low-income minority children (94% African American) born in…
Descriptors: Females, Postsecondary Education, College Attendance, Minority Groups
Unsafe at Any Age: Linking Childhood and Adolescent Maltreatment to Delinquency and Crime
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Mersky, Joshua P.; Topitzes, James; Reynolds, Arthur J. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2012
Objectives: This study compares the effects of childhood maltreatment and adolescent maltreatment on delinquency and crime, including violent and nonviolent offending. Methods: Data were derived from the Chicago Longitudinal Study, a prospective investigation of 1,539 underprivileged, minority subjects. Results: Results confirmed that rates of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Delinquency, Child Abuse, Children
Early Determinants of Postsecondary Education Participation and Degree Attainment: Findings from an Inner-City Minority Cohort
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Ou, Suh-Ruu; Reynolds, Arthur J. – Education and Urban Society, 2014
Early determinants of college attendance and degree attainment for economically disadvantaged minority youth were examined in the present study. The study sample (n = 1,379) was drawn from the Chicago Longitudinal Study (CLS), an ongoing investigation of a panel of low-income minority children born in 1980, growing up in high-poverty neighborhoods…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Attainment, Academic Degrees, Urban Areas
Grade Retention, Postsecondary Education, and Public Aid Receipt
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Ou, Suh-Ruu; Reynolds, Arthur J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2010
Using data from the Chicago Longitudinal Study (CLS), an ongoing investigation of a panel of low-income minority children growing up in an inner city, this study investigated whether retention is associated with participation in postsecondary education and public aid receipt. The study sample included 1,367 participants whose data were available…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Attendance, Grade Repetition, Welfare Recipients
Predictors of Educational Attainment in the Chicago Longitudinal Study
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Ou, Suh-Ruu; Reynolds, Arthur J. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2008
The authors investigated a comprehensive set of predictors of high school completion and years of completed education for youth in the Chicago Longitudinal Study, an ongoing investigation of over 1500 low-income, minority children who grew up on high-poverty neighborhoods. The study sample included 1286 youth for whom educational attainment could…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Predictor Variables, Longitudinal Studies, Urban Youth
Early Childhood Intervention and Early Adolescent Social and Emotional Competence: Second-Generation Evaluation Evidence from the Chicago Longitudinal Study
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Niles, Michael D.; Reynolds, Arthur J.; Roe-Sepowitz, Dominique – Educational Research, 2008
Background: To explore whether social or emotional outcomes for high-risk early adolescent youth that attended an established preventive intervention called the Chicago Child-Parent Center Preschool Program (CPC) are moderated by individual, family and program variations. Purpose: Two questions are addressed: (1) Do the effects of CPC preschool…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, Emotional Intelligence, Public Schools, Intervention
Site-Level Predictors of Children's School and Social Competence in the Chicago Child-Parent Centers
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Clements, Melissa A.; Reynolds, Arthur J.; Hickey, Edmond – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2004
We examined the influence of individual and site-level factors from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers (CPC) early educational program on four competence outcomes for 1539 minority youth in the Chicago Longitudinal Study. Individual-level factors included race, gender, risk status, kindergarten duration, and preschool and follow-on experience. Two…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Competence, Influences, Longitudinal Studies