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Factors involved in high school completion and non -completion of Native Americans
Abstract
This study is a survey of sixty Native Americans between 12-24 years of age. Thirty were graduates and thirty were non-graduates. The four sets of variables examined were: early pregnancy, drug and alcohol use, cultural values, and mentoring. The reliability of three factors (mentors, substance abuse and cultural factors) were consistent with what might be expected in a random scale of 60 participants with a researcher developed scale. It was, however, the category developed to address having or not having children that proved to be of the most statistical significance.
Subject Area
Educational sociology|Academic guidance counseling|Native Americans|Native studies
Recommended Citation
Starr, Lorrie, "Factors involved in high school completion and non -completion of Native Americans" (2006). Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest. AAI3242115.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3242115