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Peer reviewedRumberger, Russell W. – American Educational Research Journal, 1983
The high school dropout problem in 1979 and the reasons students leave school were examined. Results indicated that women were more likely to leave because of pregnancy or marriage and men because of work. Family background strongly influenced dropout behavior and accounted for almost all racial differences in dropout rates. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Employment, Family Characteristics, Marriage
Peer reviewedRumberger, Russell W. – American Educational Research Journal, 1995
Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 with hierarchical linear modeling, this study identified individual-level and school-level variables influencing the decision to drop out of middle school. At the individual level, grade retention is the single most powerful predictor. (SLD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Grade Repetition
