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Clark, Rebecca L. – 1992
Using linked individual and census tract data from the 1980 U.S. Census, it is found that when a teenage boy drops out of school depends not only on his family background and the increase in earnings associated with graduating, but also on the characteristics of the neighborhood in which he lives. Both the good and bad dimensions of neighborhood…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Census Figures, Community Characteristics, Community Influence
