Entry:

Sander, William and Krautman, Anthony C., "Catholic Schools, Dropout Rates, and Educational Attainment," Economic Inquiry, 33 (April, 1995), 217-233.


Abstract:

People who go to Catholic schools are less likely to drop out than are people who go to public schools are.

GSS Years:

1988-1991

Other Data Sets:

HSB 1980, 1986

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

CHURHSCH

NUMBER OF YEARS R ATTENDED CHURCH SCHOOL

MAEDUC

"HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED

PAEDUC

"HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

ETHNIC

COUNTRY OF FAMILY ORIGIN

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

XNORCSIZ

EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE