Abstract
Previous research has indicated that social background variables are more important determinants of educational attainment among whites than among blacks. The present study, based on more recent data and methods that control for estimated measurement error structures, finds that social background plays a similar role for whites and blacks. Increments in background social status variables lead to similar increases in educational attainment for whites and blacks. Moreover, the effects of personal characteristic variables (ability, curriculum, grades) of whites and blacks as they influence educational attainment are also similar for both groups.
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