Peer Influences on the College-Going Decisions of Low Socioeconomic Status Urban Youth

Autor/in	Sokatch, Andrew
Titel	Peer Influences on the College-Going Decisions of Low Socioeconomic Status Urban Youth
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 39 (2006) 1, S.128-146 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124506291783
Schlagwörter	Peer Influence; Socioeconomic Status; Urban Youth; Peer Groups; Role; Regression (Statistics); Low Income Groups; High School Graduates; Predictor Variables; Enrollment; Educational Attainment; Socialization; Human Capital; Decision Making + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Rollen; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Prädiktor; Einschulung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Humankapital; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	The roles that peers play in the decision to go to college are not well understood. Logistic regression is used to explore the role that peers play in the college-going decisions of a sample of low-income urban minority public high school graduates drawn from the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88) database. Friends' plans are found to be the single best predictor of 4-year college enrollment for these low-income urban minority students, even when controlling for variables traditionally assumed to affect college going. These peer variables are stronger predictors of 4-year college-going behavior for this group than they are for a comparison sample of all U.S. high school graduates. These data are important for the formation of policies to improve all levels of college access programming. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10