Middle School Dropout? Enrollment Trends in the California 4-H Youth Development Program

Autor/inn/en	Russell, Stephen T.; Heck, Katherine E.
Titel	Middle School Dropout? Enrollment Trends in the California 4-H Youth Development Program
Quelle	In: Applied Developmental Science, 12 (2008) 1, S.1-9 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-8691
Schlagwörter	Youth Programs; Dropouts; Early Adolescents; Enrollment Trends; Dropout Research; At Risk Students; Middle School Students; Participation; Age Differences; Trend Analysis; Gender Differences; Rural Areas; Urban Areas; Predictor Variables; Racial Differences; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendsofortprogramm; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Teilnahme; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Trendanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Prädiktor; Rassenunterschied; Kalifornien
Abstract	There is a widespread belief that youth drop out of youth development programs during the middle school years. Alternative explanations for the smaller number of adolescent program participants have yet to be explored. We examine age trends in program enrollment using data from over 221,000 youth enrolled in the California 4-H Youth Development Program from 1992 to 2002. We include sex, race/ethnicity, rural/urban residence, and project participation as predictors of dropout. Our results indicate that the peak in enrollment in early adolescence that is observable from annual enrollment data can be accounted for by stable and high enrollment turnover before age 11, followed by increased program dropout and fewer new enrollments. These findings have implications for explanations of youth program participation and for youth development program enrollment strategies, both for the 4-H Youth Development program and for youth programs in general. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10