Entry:

Aaron, Rebecca S, "Intergenerational Mobility in Educational Attainment by Gender," Unpublished B.A. thesis, Pennsylvania State University, 1996.


Abstract:

Males and females tend to either match or surpass their parents’ levels of education. Marrying while young does seem to weaken the impact of parents’ education level, while the family income at age 16 does not appear to have much of an effect.

GSS Years:

1972-1994

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
DEGREE

RS HIGHEST DEGREE

MADEG

MOTHERS HIGHEST DEGREE

PADEG

FATHERS HIGHEST DEGREE

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

COHORT

YEAR OF BIRTH

AGEWED

AGE WHEN FIRST MARRIED

INCOM16

RS FAMILY INCOME WHEN 16 YRS OLD