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Title: Exploring the Connection between College Credits and Young Adult Health
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1. Humphries, Melissa
Exploring the Connection between College Credits and Young Adult Health
Presented: New York NY, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2013
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): College Education; College Enrollment; Educational Attainment; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale

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The positive correlation between education and health is well documented across time, place and population. Although the actual shape of the association and the degree to which more years of schooling are associated with health do vary, the underlying pattern that these two personal characteristics (education level and personal health) are positively related is solid. What remains to be fully understood are the exact educational mechanisms that link education to health outcomes. The most cited ways to measure individual education is to use highest educational degree or total years of education (Mirowsky and Ross 2003; Ross and Mirowsky 1997), however more detailed information regarding post-secondary experiences may help expand our understanding of the connection between schooling and health. The present and proposed analyses will focus on specific parts of individuals’ educational trajectories, such as college credits and enrollment patterns, and how they are related to young adult health.
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Humphries, Melissa. "Exploring the Connection between College Credits and Young Adult Health." Presented: New York NY, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2013.