Cristin-resultat-ID: 1451933
Sist endret: 22. juni 2017, 11:17
NVI-rapporteringsår: 2017
Resultat
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2017

Socioeconomic background and high school completion: Mediation by health and moderation by national context

Bidragsytere:
  • Sharon R. Sznitman
  • Liza Reisel og
  • Atika Kurana

Tidsskrift

Journal of Adolescence
ISSN 0140-1971
e-ISSN 1095-9254
NVI-nivå 1

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publiseringsår: 2017
Publisert online: 2017
Volum: 56
Hefte: April 2017
Sider: 118 - 126
Open Access

Importkilder

Scopus-ID: 2-s2.0-85012951150

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Tittel

Socioeconomic background and high school completion: Mediation by health and moderation by national context

Sammendrag

This study uses longitudinal data from the Norwegian Health Study linked with registry data (n = 13262) and the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (n = 3604) to examine (1) whether adolescent health mediates the well-established relationship between socioeconomic background and successful high school completion, and (2) whether this mediated pathway of influence varies by national context. Adolescents from lower educated and lower income families reported poorer health, which negatively impacted their likelihood of graduating from high school. The partial mediational effect of adolescent health was stronger in the U.S. than in Norway. These results suggest that policies aimed at preventing high school dropout need to address adolescent health, in addition to the unequal opportunities derived from socioeconomic disadvantage.

Bidragsytere

Sharon R. Sznitman

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved University of Haifa
Aktiv cristin-person

Liza Reisel

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for samfunnsforskning

Atika Kurana

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved University of Oregon
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