Michigan State University Extension
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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED337517 AUTHOR: Karraker, Meg Wilkes
TITLE: Predicting Adolescent Females' Plans for Higher
Education: Race and Socioeconomic Differences.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
NOTE: 45 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher
Education (16th, Washington, DC, March 21, 1991).
ABSTRACT: By examining educational aspiration, this study
uses data on high school senior females to explore the
contention that race remains embedded in late 20th-century
American culture as a primary qualifier of gender role. The
study focuses on a sample of 4,573 black and white female
high school seniors in the class of 1980 using data from
the national stratified High School and Beyond study. The
sample includes girls who were living with their mothers or
other female guardians at the time they participated in the
HSB study. The results indicate that the majority of all
females (83.8%) plan to pursue some form of postsecondary
education, and that almost half (45.6%) plan to complete at
least a Bachelor's degree. Two-way analysis of variance
confirm that race and family income have significant
effects on female's education plans. The higher the family
income, the higher the percentage of females, both black
and white, who plan to pursue their education at least into
college. Among females from families with incomes of at
least 25,000 dollars, black females are less likely than
white females to plan to complete a Bachelor's degree
(26.1% of black females versus 34.7% of white females).
However, among females from families with incomes of less
than 12,000 dollars, black females are more likely to plan
postgraduate education (22.2% of black females versus 10.4%
of white females). Statistical data are presented in eight
tables. A list of 43 references are included. (JB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Black-Students; Comparative-Analysis;
Fatherless-Family; High-Schools; High-School-Seniors; Long
Range-Planning; Mothers-; National-Surveys; Parent
Influence; Parent-Role; Postsecondary-Education; Predictor
Variables; Urban-Problems; White-Students
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Academic-Aspiration; *Family-Income;
*Females-; *Racial-Differences; *Sex-Role; *Socioeconomic
Influences
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