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ERIC Number: EJ1174297
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Apr
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
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Sexual Orientation and School Discipline: New Evidence from a Population-Based Sample
Mittleman, Joel
Educational Researcher, v47 n3 p181-190 Apr 2018
Sexual minorities' risk for exclusionary discipline is a commonly cited indicator of the challenges that these students face. The current study addresses this issue by introducing a new data source for research on sexual minority students: the Fragile Families and Childhood Wellbeing Study. In this geographically diverse, population-based sample, I find that sexual minorities continue to face higher rates of discipline than their peers. However, this risk is highly stratified by sex: Same-sex attraction is associated with 95% higher odds of discipline among girls but no apparent discipline risk among boys. Sexual minority girls' risk for discipline is only partially mediated by behavior, a result that is plausibly consistent with the interpretation that these students continue to face discriminatory treatment in schools.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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