Rural and Urban High School Dropout Rates: Are They Different?

Autor/inn/en	Jordan, Jeffrey L.; Kostandini, Genti; Mykerezi, Elton
Titel	Rural and Urban High School Dropout Rates: Are They Different?
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 27 (2012) 12, (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-0670
Schlagwörter	Dropouts; Parents; Rural Areas; Family Structure; Urban Areas; Graduation; High Schools; Dropout Rate; Graduation Rate; Surveys; Gender Differences; Family Income; Rural Urban Differences; Predictor Variables; Tables (Data); National Surveys; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Eltern; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Urban area; Stadtregion; Abschluss; Graduierung; High school; Oberschule; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familieneinkommen; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Prädiktor; Tabelle
Abstract	This study estimates the high school dropout rate in rural and urban areas, the determinants of dropping out, and whether the differences in graduation rates have changed over time. We use geocoded data from two nationally representative panel household surveys (NLSY 97 and NLSY 79) and a novel methodology that corrects for biases in graduation rates (Heckman and La Fontaine, 2010). Our findings suggest that high school graduation rates are very similar across the rural-urban continuum in the early 2000s, and they are lower by 3 percentage points compared to the 1980s, with the decline experienced uniformly across the rural-urban continuum. We find that gender, family assets, the presence of biological parents, and maternal attributes appear to be the main determinants of graduation and influence graduation in a similar way across both urban and rural areas. For years, the research literature has looked at various issues from a perspective of determining how rural and urban areas are different with regard to high school dropout rates. We suggest that once family attributes are accounted for differences in rural and urban areas are small and narrowing. (Contains 8 tables and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Penn State University College of Education, Center on Rural Education and Communities. 310B Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802. Tel: 814-863-2031; Web site: http://www.jrre.psu.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10