| Abstract: | Compared a droupout group and nondropout group on several variables. The data both predated and postdated the time of school dropout. For analysis the groups were subdivided on time of marriage and intelligence. Dropouts have a higher separation and divorce rate, even when time of marriage is controlled; they have larger families, but apparently only because they have been married longer. In general they marry into a lower socioeconomic status, but only girls from blue-collar families show a downward social mobility. When grouped by intelligence, high and medium intelligence dropouts do not show the upward social mobility that nondropouts do. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
