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Understanding Students’ Parental Education Beyond First-Generation Status: More Variables Taken Into Account

Student background characteristics:
- High school GPA, ethnicity, and income. All three included as control measures.
- They note that it was very important to include ethnicity and income because these variables are often tied to obstacles that first-generation students face —> then could see obstacles of students independent of race and income.
10 Student experiences and views variables:
- working as the primary wage earner
- skipping class
- using email or internet for homework
- hours per week working at a job
- hours per week doing housework or childcare
- hours per week watching TV
- hours per week spending time on campus
- hours per week talking with students about non-school-related things
- hours per week studying alone at home
- and hours per week studying alone in the college library.
2 more behavioral variables added
- Interacting with instructors and/or stand
- Studying with other students
8 variables reflecting students’ views:
- difficulty understanding the English language**
- grades are a reflection of learning
- difficulty because of my race
- difficulty meeting deadlines
- nervous about attending college
- family is more important than career
- feelings of belonging at the college
- starting an assignment a day before it is due.
1 ideational factor
- Being determined and confident

Updated 2020-12-29

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