A Brief Analysis on the Factors Affecting Higher Education Attainments and the Effects of Higher Education Attainment on Social Well-being

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10.2991/978-2-38476-128-9_9How to use a DOI?

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Higher education; Multivariate linear regression; Current Population Survey; Annual Social and Economic Supplement

Abstract

Education attainment refers to the highest levels of education attained by a specific population. In recent years, the importance of higher education attainment has been studied and published a lot. It has been shown that higher level of educational attainment leads to better performances in the job markets. Also, educational attainment is related to positive social outcomes, such as health, population growth, and income distribution. While education attainments have such great benefits, there is a huge disparity of education attainments among children. What factors cause this varying degree of educational attainments? Many studies have already shown that family background variables like family income and parents’ educations are correlated to kids’ educational attainments. In this research, using data from the 2018 Current Population Survey (CPS) and Annual Social and Economic Supplement, we examine the effects of demographic factors including age, gender, race, and immigration status affect people’s levels of educational attainments. We include “age”, “female”, “race”, and “immigration status” as our independent variables. The dependent variable, an individual’s level of educational attainment is represented by “years of education”. Based on the multivariate linear regression model, we find out that sex and immigration status have significant effects in predicting people’s level of educational attainments while age is less important in determining individual’s level of educational attainments.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yue Qu
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/10/15
TI  - A Brief Analysis on the Factors Affecting Higher Education Attainments and the Effects of Higher Education Attainment on Social Well-being
BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 3rd International Conference on Modern Educational Technology and Social Sciences (ICMETSS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 65
EP  - 80
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-128-9_9
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