Browsing SOC Faculty Publications by Subject "Education"
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Educational outcomes of gender-diverse youth: A national population-based study
(Sage Publications, 2021-08-16)Despite the growing population of youth identifying with a transgender or nonbinary gender identity, research on gender-diverse individuals’ educational outcomes is limited. This study takes advantage of the first nationally ... -
Identifying the urban: resident perceptions of community character and local institutions in eight metropolitan areas
(Wiley, 2018-09)What does the term urban signify as a descriptor of contemporary communities in the United States? We investigate this question using data from the Soul of the Community survey, examining how people within eight metropolitan ... -
In search of a safe school: racialized perceptions of security and the school choice process
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-01-23)Do school security policies affect how safe parents perceive schools to be, and do they influence parental choice behavior? We address these questions using data from a survey that asked U.S. parents to evaluate hypothetical ... -
Same-sex sexuality and educational attainment: the pathway to college
(Taylor & Francis LTD, 2017)Research finds lower levels of academic performance among sexual minority high school students, but some studies suggest sexual minorities have higher levels of educational attainment in adulthood. To further our understanding ... -
Same-sex sexuality and postsecondary outcomes: the role of high school locale
(SAGE Publications, 2015-09)This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine how high school locale moderates the association between same-sex sexuality (SSS) and postsecondary outcomes, including four-year ...