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Lopez-Acevedo, Gloria – 2002
Data from Ecuador's Living Standard and Measurement Surveys were used to analyze the characteristics and determinants of child labor and schooling. Of particular interest was the influence of adult wages on child labor. Survey data on children aged 10-17 included sex, age, rural or urban residence, monthly wages, whether or not attending school,…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Attendance, Child Labor, Dropouts
Download full textHemmings, Brian; Hill, Doug; Ray, David – 1997
To collect data about the first-year university experiences of rural students, 15 students were drawn from a pool of 125 Riverina (Australia) students who had participated in an earlier study on factors that influence academic persistence. The sample consisted of approximately equal numbers of males and females, about equal proportions of students…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Furlong, Andy; Cartmel, Fred; Powney, Janet; Hall, Stuart – 1997
This report presents the results of an 18-month research project that studied the effectiveness of youth work with vulnerable young people. The research, representing six distinct geographical areas of Scotland characterized by disadvantage, focused on young people aged 13 to 16. In each neighborhood, the project examined the experiences of young…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Financial Support
