High School Completion: The Influence of Schools, Families, and Adolescent Parenting

In: Social science quarterly, Band 78, Heft 3, S. 710-724

Abstract

Examines the impacts of school traits, family background, & adolescent parenting on high school completion for males & females, drawing on 1979-1991 National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience-Youth Cohort data (N = 3,828). Findings reveal that school characteristics are only tenuously related to completion; when significant relationships exist, magnitude of school resources effects are small relative to the impacts of family background or individual characteristics. Both genders suffer adverse consequences of adolescent parenting via reduced educational attainment, which ultimately affects their marketability, earning capabilities, & ability to support their children. This suggests that schools & other institutions should take strong measures to postpone teen parenting. 1 Table, 31 References. Adapted from the source document.