Do parental income and educational attainment affect the initial choices of New Hampshire's college-bound students?

Autor/in	Toutkoushian, Robert K.
Titel	Do parental income and educational attainment affect the initial choices of New Hampshire's college-bound students?
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, 20 (2001) 3, S. 245-262Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 45; Tabellen 9
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/S0272-7757(99)00052-7
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Bildungsniveau; Entscheidung; Soziale Herkunft; Eltern; Standort; Einkommen; Studienwahl; Studienfach; Hochschule; Student; Studienanfänger; USA
Abstract	While other studies have explored the application and enrollment decisions of students, none have explicitly considered how selected factors affect an individual's choice to initially consider a particular institution. This study uses data on where New Hampshire seniors have their SAT scores sent to examine what factors influence a student's decision to consider attending different types of institutions in the region, and whether student choice is affected by parental education and income. The results show that first-generation students and students with college-educated parents consider attending similar postsecondary institutions. Likewise, having a low family income does not appear to restrict college-interested students from considering more exclusive and/or expensive instititions. Students are also found to be most interested in institutions where their ability more closely matches the average ability profile of enrolled studetns. (DIPF/orig.)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2002_(CD)