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Title: Age, Period, Cohort and Educational Attainment The Importance of Considering Gender

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: Over the past century the United States has experienced substantial population-wide gains in educational attainment - increases driven largely by processes of cohort succession Focusing on the adult population age 25-54 we show that there has been (1) a significant attenuation of the historical increases in educational attainment and (2) a shift in the processes underlying educational change that differs by gender Our analysis points to a significant turning point in population-wide educational levels, and from a research perspective has implications for how one interprets findings when using education as a control variable (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved

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Authors: Zozula, Christine; Gove, Walter R.; Wilson, James A.

Conference Name: 101st Annual Meeting of the American-Sociological-Association

Publisher Location: Montreal, Canada

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Gender

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