Factors associated with college attendance of high-school seniors |
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| Authors: | Michael E Borus Susan A Carpenter |
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| Institution: | Industrial Relations and Human Resources Department, Institute of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, Ryders Lane, P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Demographic, locational, family background, economic, attitudinal and school-related variables are studied to determine factors which lead high-school seniors to go directly on to college. The data come from the 1979 and 1980 National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth Labor Market Experience, and probit analysis is used. Some factors found to be significant imply possible changes in college enrollment patterns: delayed plans for marriage by females, population growth in the South and increasing education among the youths' fathers could portend higher rates of enrollment. While minority and poor youth were less likely to go directly from high school to college, it appears that factors associated with these variables, such as father's education and lower scores on the proxy ability measure, are causal. Finally, school characteristics appear to have a very limited influence on the probability of going directly from high school to college. |
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