Variations Between Latino Groups in us Post-Secondary Educational Attainment* |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Lisette M?GarciaEmail author Alan E?Bayer |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA;(2) Department of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA;(3) Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, 300 Bricker Hall, 43210 Columbus, OH, USA |
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Abstract: | Hispanics/Latinos are the fastest growing minority group in the US, and represent a diverse variety of ethnic groups with unique heritages. Yet educational and social research often analyzes this group in aggregate. This research, employing 1980 high school senior longitudinal data from the High School and Beyond project, demonstrates substantial differences in post-secondary educational attainment between some Hispanic/Latino groups. Net of a number of individual, socio-economic, family and high school background variables, logit analysis shows that Mexican Americans are significantly below others in post-secondary educational attainment after high school. The results are discussed in regard to future research adopting analysis of individual Hispanic/Latino groups rather than employing the aggregate measure which can substantially misrepresent the relationship between component Latino/a groups and educational attainment.We are indebted to Robert Kaufman for consultation on methodological and statistical approaches; and to Michael Hughes, James Michaels, and Ellen Plummer for helpful suggestions for revision on earlier versions of this paper. This paper is based in part on a Master’s thesis by the first-named author. |
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Keywords: | Latino Hispanic Cuban Puerto Rican Mexican American educational attainment college completion high school and beyond data logit analysis human capital theory structural discrimination theory |
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