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Social Capital, Place of Residence, and College Attendance 1
Author(s) -
Smith Mark H.,
Beaulieu Lionel J.,
Seraphine Ann
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
rural sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1549-0831
pISSN - 0036-0112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1995.tb00578.x
Subject(s) - social capital , attendance , residence , human capital , educational attainment , demographic economics , logistic regression , social mobility , psychology , sample (material) , sociology , yield (engineering) , demography , socioeconomics , social psychology , economic growth , economics , social science , statistics , mathematics , chemistry , materials science , chromatography , metallurgy
The relationship between social interaction and college attendance is examined across varying types of communities. Structural arrangements and interaction patterns that foster positive relationships are regarded as social capital and are conceptualized as investments that can yield human capital returns in terms of higher educational attainment. Logistic regression procedures are employed to analyze data from the High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study. The social capital model of college attendance is estimated for the full sample and separately for high school students living in urban, suburban, and rural communities. Predicted probabilities of attending college for students with high and low social capital are obtained. Results of these analyses indicate that parental expectation of college attendance is the most powerful predictor of subsequent college attendance among variables examined. Measures of community social capital and parental human capital also strongly predict attendance.