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ERIC Number: EJ1039648
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jun
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0972
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Drop out and "Disconnected" Young Adults: Examining the Impact of Neighborhood and School Contexts
Rendón, Maria G.
Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, v46 n2 p169-196 Jun 2014
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) this study compares if and how neighborhood effects on the likelihood to drop out and be "disconnected" from school and work in young adulthood change when schools are taken into account. As widely documented, I find that neighborhood socioeconomic status is associated with dropping out, but this effect is mediated by schools with high numbers of Latino or Black students. I find neighborhood socioeconomic status is not associated with being disconnected, yet, attending schools with high numbers of Black students is. This research draws attention for the need to account for neighborhood and school effects simultaneously to better understand contextual effects and to more carefully conceptualize how neighborhood and schools work together to produce these outcomes disproportionately impacting racial and ethnic minorities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
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