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Health care occupations: Road to success or path to dead end?

Tiemeyer, Stacy (Wichita State University. Graduate School, April 23, 2010)

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Abstract:	Health care provides an attractive career choice for individuals seeking employment in a growing field with livable wages and quality benefits. Jobs in health care services are projected to increase rapidly in the coming decades. Like other skilled professions, significant disparities exist regarding who works in the positions that are highest paying and often most rewarding. This project investigates the representation and incomes of minorities in health care professions. Using secondary data, a sample of 19,693 health care workers were used for this study. The findings of this research indicate that net of other factors, minority health care workers earn $3,026 less annually than non-minorities. Additionally, minorities are disproportionately concentrated in lower compensating occupations.
Description:	Paper presented to the 6th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, April 23, 2010.Research completed at the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/3242

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Who’s your daddy? A comparison of intergenerational mobility of socioeconomic status for sons and daughters.

Drake, Angela; Wright, David W. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., April 27, 2007)

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Abstract:	Intergenerational mobility is of immense interest to social scientists, in part due to the persistence of the quest for the “American Dream”. Intergenerational mobility is a gauge of the opportunities each group has to increase their privilege, class, and income. In addition, mobility helps researchers understand the way our society creates class structures. Many studies have addressed intergenerational mobility, focusing on socioeconomic status (SES) of the fathers and its effect on their sons. Other studies have looked at father’s effect on son’s and daughter’s occupational mobility. The effect of father’s SES on daughter’s SES has been overlooked thus far. This study examined the intergenerational mobility of SES and if there are differences in the transmission of father’s SES to their sons and daughters. Secondary data analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979-2002) was used for the analysis. An alternative model was created in order to examine three sets of relevant theories; individual, structural, and gender-level. Univariate, bivariate and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression were utilized for analysis. Bivariate analysis shows that men have higher SES than women. OLS regression results indicate that father’s SES has a positive effect on their children’s SES, net of other factors, but no statistical difference was found between sons and daughters.
Description:	Paper presented to the 3rd Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, April 27, 2007.Research completed at the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/842

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A structural decomposition of the marriage premium

Feuille, Christopher B. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., April 28, 2006)

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Description:	Paper presented to the 2nd Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Rhatigan Student Center, Wichita State University, April 28, 2006. Research completed at the Department of Sociology, Wichita State University.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/800

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This should not be groundbreaking research: male/female income differences among the largest U.S. Hispanic population

Cabrales Clawson, Cheyla (Wichita State University. Graduate School., April 28, 2006)

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Description:	Paper presented to the 2nd Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Rhatigan Student Center, Wichita State University, April 28, 2006. Research completed at the Department of Sociology, Wichita State University.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/795

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No “white” child left behind: The academic achievement gap between blacks and whites

Rowley, Rochelle; Wright, David W. (Wichita State University. Graduate School., April 27, 2007)

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Abstract:	The issue of racial inequality in education has consistently been addressed through government policy in an attempt to solve the problem of discrimination in the American school system. The latest government attempt is the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). This study examines the relationship between race and composite reading and math test scores with secondary data analysis from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) of 8,215 10th grade students with a composite model consisting of: student role performance (SRP), schools, families, and peers. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses are used to examine the independent effects on test scores. Mean composite test scores show an 82.8% gap in test scores between black (44.42) and white (53.64) non-Hispanic 10th grade students. The examination of each model segment and path analysis shows student role performance factors and family factors explain more of the variance on test scores and have more of an effect on test scores than other model segments. This suggests that racial discrimination contributes to the academic achievement gap between blacks and whites.
Description:	Paper presented to the 3rd Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, April 27, 2007.Research completed at the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/689

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