The educational attainment of young women: Role model effects of female high school faculty

Demography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-194

  Nixon, Lucia A ^b   Robinson, Michael D ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0033127753     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648107     Document Type: Article

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