National Analysis
The project includes analyses of national data sets that examine the lives and experiences of low-income youth. The goal of the national analyses is to identify the life circumstances and transition points that present postsecondary opportunities and obstacles for low-income youth. Data sets analyzed include longitudinal data such as the Education Longitudinal Study (ELS) and The Add Health data that will allow researchers to trace young people’s trajectories out of school and into postsecondary education, employment, family formation and other post-college related circumstances.
Team
Mariam Asthiani, Graduate Student Researcher
Cynthia Feliciano, Associate Professor of Sociology and Chicano/Latino Studies, UCI
Leticia Oseguera, Research Associate, Pennsylvania State University's Center for Higher Education and Assistant Professor at the Department of Education, UCI
Related Publications
Research Brief: January 2012 | No. 1
Low-Income Young Adults Continue to Face Barriers to College Entry and Degree Completion
Mariam Asthiani and Cynthia Feliciano
Research Brief: January 2012 | No. 2
Leticia Oseguera
Working Paper: May 2012 | No. 1
Postsecondary Educational Pathways of Low-Income Youth:
An Analysis of Add Health Data
Cynthia Feliciano and Mariam Ashtiani
Working Paper: May 2012 | No. 2
Leticia Oseguera
Research Brief: September 2012 | No. 6
Mentorship and the Postsecondary Educational Attainment of Low-Income Youth
Mariam Ashtiani and Cynthia Feliciano
Research Brief: July 2013 | No. 7
Importance of High School Conditions for College Access
Leticia Oseguera
Policy Report: September 2013 | No. 9
Labor Market Outcomes and the Postsecondary Educational Attainment of Low-Income Youth
Mariam Ashtiani, Edelina Burciaga, and Cynthia Feliciano
