ERIC Number: EJ1012814
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1541-0935
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Role of Early Family Configuration and Hours Worked on Student Success in
Two-Year Colleges
Boswell, Robert A.; Passmore, David L.
Community College Enterprise, v19 n1 p9-18 Spr 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that influence student success in two-year colleges, community colleges, or junior colleges. In determining the purpose of the study, a research framework is established to review the relationships between student success and biological children, marriage/co-habitation, early family configuration, and hours worked using the data from 2007 and 2008. Student success was defined as whether NLSY97 respondents reported leaving school due to receiving a degree, completing coursework, or graduating. Biological children refer to the respondents reporting having biological children. Marriage/cohabitation reflects reports of being married or cohabitating. Early family configuration in this study refers to the nature of the relationship of parent figures/guardians in the household to the NLSY97 respondent at age 12. Hours worked indicates total hours worked at employment or self-employment type jobs. The significance of this study is to examine factors other than academic factors that may influence student success. A logistic regression analysis did not reveal any relationship of student success with biological children, marriage/cohabitation, early family configuration, and hours worked. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Success, Working Hours, Family Work Relationship, Achievement Need, Performance Factors, Family (Sociological Unit), Schematic Studies, Marriage, Educational Attainment, Predictor Variables, Interviews, Questionnaires, Adolescent Attitudes, Two Year College Students, Comparative Analysis, Community Colleges, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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