Black-White Differences in Educational Attainment.

Portes, Alejandro; Wilson, Kenneth L.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Black-White Differences in Educational Attainment

Portes, Alejandro; Wilson, Kenneth L.

American Sociological Review, 41, 3, 414-431, Jun 76

Analyzes racial differences in status attainment by examining the extent to which initial attainment differences are accounted for by theoretically related variables and the extent to which the entire attainment process differs between uses, using data from a recent longitudinal sample of the U.S. high school population. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Educational Attainment, High School Students, Intelligence Differences, Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys, Racial Differences, Self Esteem, Socioeconomic Status, Statistical Analysis

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