Davis Jr., T. J. (1994). The educational attainment and intergenerational mobility of black males: The 1970s and 1980s. The Urban Review, 26(2), 137-151. Data from the 1972-89 Cumulative General Social Survey (1970s black male sample=556, 1980s sample=767) demonstrate much upward and downward intergenerational educational mobility for black males. The educational attainment… Continue Reading The educational attainment and intergenerational mobility of black males: The 1970s and 1980s
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Educational attainment and the payoff of education: Black male suicide in the united states, 1947-1998
Fernquist, R. M. (2004). Educational attainment and the payoff of education: Black male suicide in the united states, 1947-1998. Current Research in Social Psychology, 9(13), 184-193. One of the demographic groups in America that has seen a marked increase in suicide rates in recent years is black males, especially young black males.… Continue Reading Educational attainment and the payoff of education: Black male suicide in the united states, 1947-1998
Education and Risk of Suicide: An Analysis of African Americans
Stack, S. (1998). Education and Risk of Suicide: An Analysis of African Americans.Sociological Focus, 31(3), 295-302. Gains in educational attainment for African Americans since the 1960s have not resulted in corresponding gains in economic success, a situation that can promote anomic suicide. Observers of African American suicide have also argued that… Continue Reading Education and Risk of Suicide: An Analysis of African Americans