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Title: The Unequal Distribution of Sibling and Parent Deaths by Race and its Effect on Attaining a College Degree
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Thyden, Naomi Schmidt, Nicole Osypuk, Theresa L. |
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The Unequal Distribution of Sibling and Parent Deaths by Race and its Effect on Attaining a College Degree Annals of Epidemiology 45 (May 2020): 76-82. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1047279720301320 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): College Degree; Educational Attainment; Racial Differences; Trauma/Death in family Purpose: Examine 1) the distribution of experiencing the death of a parent or sibling (family death) by race/ethnicity, and 2) how family death affects attaining a college degree. Methods: Participants (N=8,984) were from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 aged 13-17 at baseline in 1997, and 29-32 in 2013. We examined the prevalence of family deaths by age group and race/ethnicity, and used covariate-adjusted logistic regression to assess the relationship between a family death and college degree attainment. Results: 4.2% of white youth experienced a family death, as did 5.0% of Hispanics, 8.3% of Blacks, 9.1% of Asians, and 13.8% of American Indians (group test p<0.001). A family death from ages 13-22 was associated with lower odds of obtaining a Bachelor's degree by ages 29-32 (OR=0.65, 95%CI=0.50, 0.84), compared to no family death. The effect of a death was largest during college years (age 19-22) (OR=0.57, 95%CI=0.39, 0.82). |
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Thyden, Naomi, Nicole Schmidt and Theresa L. Osypuk. "The Unequal Distribution of Sibling and Parent Deaths by Race and its Effect on Attaining a College Degree." Annals of Epidemiology 45 (May 2020): 76-82.
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