ERIC Number: EJ1051316
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Feb
Pages: 27
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
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Penalized or Privileged? Sexual Identity, Gender, and Postsecondary Educational Attainment
Fine, Leigh E.
American Journal of Education, v121 n2 p271-297 Feb 2015
Prior literature on educational attainment indicates that there is both a female advantage and an LGB bonus: women are more likely to have earned bachelor's degrees than men, and lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons are more likely to have earned a bachelor's degree than heterosexuals. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, I run logistic regressions on respondents' likelihood of having a bachelor's degree as a function of both gender and sexuality. I find that the female advantage and LGB bonus do not hold for sexual minority women, who are the gender and sexuality group least likely to have completed college.
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Regression (Statistics), Longitudinal Studies, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Educational Attainment, Bachelors Degrees, Graduation Rate, Hypothesis Testing, Parent Background, Socioeconomic Status, Predictor Variables, Attitudes, Self Esteem, Racial Differences, Geographic Location, Grade Point Average
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Grant or Contract Numbers: P01-HD31921