A Comparative Analysis of Drop-outs and Non Drop-outs in Ontario Secondary Schools. A Report to the Ontario Study of the Relevance of Education and the Issue of Dropouts. Student Retention and Transition Series [electronic resource] / Michael Sullivan.
This report analyzes attitudinal and situational differences between dropouts and non-dropouts from Ontario's secondary school system. The analysis is based on the results of telephone interviews with 1,400 Ontario residents who attended secondary school in the province and who were between the...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This report analyzes attitudinal and situational differences between dropouts and non-dropouts from Ontario's secondary school system. The analysis is based on the results of telephone interviews with 1,400 Ontario residents who attended secondary school in the province and who were between the ages of 18 and 30, 700 of whom dropped out of school before graduation and 700 of whom graduated from high school. Two hundred of the dropouts and 200 of the graduates comprised a special subsample of Franco-Ontarians; data for this subsample is examined separately in the report. The report is divided into 10 sections. Part 1, Introduction, discusses research limitations and describes characteristics of the sample. Part 2 examines family and demographic background. Part 3 looks at the consequences of dropping out in the areas of employment, occupation and income, gender differences in occupation and income, and marital status. Part 4 discusses attitudes toward education. Part 5 looks at the types of schools attended by respondents, the courses they took, and their grades. Part 6 considers the situation and attitudes of dropouts and part 7 looks at the dropouts' later education experiences. Part 8 describes the non-dropouts. Part 9 examines family structure and support. A summary and discussion are included in part 10. (NB) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED298427. Availability: MGS Publications Services, 5th Floor, 880 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M7A1N8 ($4.00 Canadian). Contract Number: 1094-ON04527. ERIC Note: For the other reports in this series, see CG 021 107-108. |
| Physical Description: | 76 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780772937902 : 0772937907 : |