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ERIC Number: EJ548388
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
The Process of Dropping Out of High School: A 19-Year Perspective.
Garnier, Helen E.; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v34 n2 p395-419 Sum 1997
Nested latent variable causal models were contrasted to compare the relationships of distal family and child and proximal adolescent factors to dropping out of high school in a sample of 194 Euro-American families over 19 years. Dropping out was a multiply-determined process with early influences developing in childhood. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Causal Models, Children, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Educational History, Educational Trends, Family Influence, High Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Student Characteristics, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: European Americans