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The Influence of Parent-Child Gender Arrangements and Family Demographics on Young-Adult Outcomes of Postsecondary Education Experiences: An Investigation Using NCES 2002-2012

Huffman, Anthony M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1438421036

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2015, Doctor of Education (EdD), Ohio University, Educational Administration (Education).
Family demographics in the United States have experienced changes in recent decades. The changes have included an increase in the divorce rate and the occurrence of births to unwed mothers. An increase also has occurred in the number of children being raised by one adoptive or biological parent. Some researchers contend that being raised in homes with only one adoptive or biological parent results in an adverse effect for student school outcomes. Researchers have proposed that future studies, such as this one, be focused upon substantiating the findings of past studies and exploring the ramifications of the changing demographics. A primary focus of this study has been the influence of gender arrangements between parents and children when they have been raised by one adoptive or biological parent in comparison with other children who have been raised by two married adoptive or biological parents. The relationship between these gender arrangements and the students’ participation in and completion of postsecondary education has been studied. Two phases have been used to conduct this study. In Phase 1, t tests have been used to seek out descriptive statistics regarding female and male children who have been raised by one adoptive or biological father or mother compared to children who have been raised in homes of two married adoptive or biological parents. Significant group differences were found in all ten Phase 1 outcomes. In Phase 2, this study sought, using four logistic regression models, to determine if the GenArr variable, one created by the researcher to represent variations in children’s gender arrangements at home, was a significant predictor of the primary outcome variables of postsecondary education participation and completion. Phase 2 logistic regression models included the following control variables: attendance patterns, behaviors, grade point averages, high school completion rates, income, learning confidence, parent/child communications, and parent expectations. Home gender arrangements were found to be a significant predictor for boys in postsecondary education participation. Boys raised by fathers were found to be significantly (p = .026) less likely (odds-ratio: 0.62) than boys raised by two married adoptive or biological parents to participate in postsecondary education.
William Larson (Committee Chair)
Gordon Brooks (Committee Co-Chair)
Valerie Conley (Committee Member)
Dwan Robinson (Committee Member)
360 p.
Educational Leadership
at-risk; single-parent homes; postsecondary education participation; postsecondary education completion

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  • Huffman, A. M. (2015). The Influence of Parent-Child Gender Arrangements and Family Demographics on Young-Adult Outcomes of Postsecondary Education Experiences: An Investigation Using NCES 2002-2012 [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1438421036

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Huffman, Anthony. The Influence of Parent-Child Gender Arrangements and Family Demographics on Young-Adult Outcomes of Postsecondary Education Experiences: An Investigation Using NCES 2002-2012 . 2015. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1438421036.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Huffman, Anthony. "The Influence of Parent-Child Gender Arrangements and Family Demographics on Young-Adult Outcomes of Postsecondary Education Experiences: An Investigation Using NCES 2002-2012 ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1438421036

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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