Who Goes Where? Choice of Single-Sex and Coeducational Independent Secondary Schools.

Lee, Valerie E.; Marks, Helen M.

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ERIC Number: EJ458382

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Who Goes Where? Choice of Single-Sex and Coeducational Independent Secondary Schools.

Lee, Valerie E.; Marks, Helen M.

Sociology of Education, v65 n3 p226-53 Jul 1992

Discusses a study of why 3,183 secondary school students and their families chose either single-sex or coeducational independent schools. Considers the personal, demographic, and educational characteristics of the students and their families and the students' gender. Reports that family traditions for private schooling and religious orientation characterized students who attended single-sex schools. (SG)

Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Coeducation, Family Characteristics, Private Schools, Religious Education, School Attitudes, School Choice, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Single Sex Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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