ERIC Number: EJ1125396
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jan
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
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Does College Enrollment and Bachelor's Completion by Mothers Impact Children's Educational Outcomes?
Monaghan, David
Sociology of Education, v90 n1 p3-24 Jan 2017
Today, many undergraduates are themselves raising children. But does college-going by parents improve their offspring's educational attainment? I address this question using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth--1979 and linked Children and Young Adults Survey. I first model postnatal college enrollment and bachelor's completion by mothers and use predicted probabilities to minimize selection bias through inverse probability of treatment weighting. I then estimate the impact of maternal college enrollment and attainment on offspring's likelihood of graduating from high school, enrolling in college, and completing a four-year degree. I find sizeable effects of maternal college completion on all outcomes, but the impact of maternal enrollment without completion is considerably muted. I review implications for sociological research and policies to assist nontraditional students.
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Bachelors Degrees, Nontraditional Students, Mothers, Probability, Parent Child Relationship, Educational Attainment, Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys, Prediction, High School Graduates, Correlation, Statistical Analysis, Enrollment, Parent Background, Robustness (Statistics), College Graduates
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
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