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Homel, Jacqueline; Mavisakalyan, Astghik; Nguyen, Ha Trong; Ryan, Chris – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This paper examines how disadvantage affects educational outcomes, in this instance, Year 12 completion. While previous studies have found a strong link between parental education or occupational status and Year 12 completion, this research was able to capture a broader set of cultural, material and resource aspects of disadvantage. It did this by…
Descriptors: High School Students, Graduation, Disadvantaged, Family Characteristics
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Jagodzinski, Wolfgang – Social Indicators Research, 2010
This paper investigates the influence of the economic, social, and cultural variables on life satisfaction in Asia and Europe. The second section sets a unifying theoretical framework for all three domains by defining life satisfaction as a function of aspirations and expectations which in turn are affected by micro- and macro-level variables. On…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Cultural Context