Post-High School Opportunities and High School Completion Rates in an Appalachian State: A Near-Replication of Florida Research.

Bickel, Robert

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Publication Date: 1989

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Post-High School Opportunities and High School Completion Rates in an Appalachian State: A Near-Replication of Florida Research.

Bickel, Robert

Youth and Society, v21 n1 p61-84 Sep 1989

Replicates a Florida study of high school students' decisions to drop out using data for West Virginia. Confirms earlier findings that the decision to drop out is based on the student's perceptions of the economic opportunities obtained by a high school diploma. (FMW)

Descriptors: Dropouts, Economic Opportunities, Multiple Regression Analysis, Outcomes of Education, School Holding Power, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, State Surveys, Student Attitudes

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Florida; West Virginia

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