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Source: Department of Sociology, Iowa State University
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Devor, Camron Suzann |
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Parental Divorce, Educational Expectations, and Children's Post-Baccalaureate Educational Attainment M.S. Thesis, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Iowa State University Keyword(s): Achievement; Divorce; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Educational Attainment; Parental Marital Status Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Previous research has shown parental divorce to be negatively associated with academic achievement. However, most of this research has been focused on the educational outcomes of children and adolescents as opposed to young adults. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether and how parental divorce affects children's post-baccalaureate educational attainment. An important factor found to be associated with children's educational success, particularly elementary and secondary educations is parental educational expectations. Therefore, I assess the extent to which these educational expectations might explain the association between parental divorce and children's postbaccalaureate educational attainment. Multivariate regression analyses demonstrated that parental divorce and parental educational expectations, individually, were significantly associated with children's post-baccalaureate educational attainment. In particular, adult children from divorced parental families had lower post-baccalaureate educational attainment compared to those from continuously married parent families. The parents of adult children who divorced and parents of adult children who remained continuously married had similar educational expectations for their child. These findings suggest that parental educational expectations do not mediate the relationship between parental divorce and children's post-baccalaureate educational attainment. Future research should examine the different types of family structures on children's graduate school enrollment and degree attainment to help facilitate policy aimed at adult children's educational success and economic viability. |
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Devor, Camron Suzann. Parental Divorce, Educational Expectations, and Children's Post-Baccalaureate Educational Attainment. M.S. Thesis, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, 2014. |