Opportunities, Costs, and High School Completion in West Virginia: A Replication of Florida Research.

Bickel, Robert; Lange, Linda

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ERIC Number: EJ519074

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Publication Date: 1995

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Opportunities, Costs, and High School Completion in West Virginia: A Replication of Florida Research.

Bickel, Robert; Lange, Linda

Journal of Educational Research, v88 n6 p363-70 Jul-Aug 1995

Building on previous data, researchers used West Virginia school district data to investigate the value of examining structurally determined opportunities and costs to explain high school students' dropping out. The study interpreted dropping out as a rational consequence of students' assessments of the opportunities and costs associated with continued schooling. (SM)

Descriptors: Decision Making, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Economic Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Family Characteristics, High School Students, High Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Florida; West Virginia

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