High School Sector and Midlife Outcomes

• In Event: Poster Session 13

Session Type: Poster Session

Abstract

This paper assesses long-term differences between public and Catholic high school students in self-reported general health and economic outcomes at about age 50. The data are drawn from a 2014 follow-up survey of the High School & Beyond 1980 sophomore cohort sample and comparisons focus on students enrolled in public and Catholic high schools in 1980. Catholic school students on average come from more advantaged backgrounds than public school students and, as expected, the age-50 outcomes also favor Catholic students. Multivariate estimates of average treatment effects using propensity score weighting methods indicate that Catholic high school attendance is associated with better general health at age 50-51, controlling for socioeconomic background and 1980 academic achievement.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 4: Social Contexts of Educational Policy and Politics

Papers

• 15. High School Sector and Midlife Outcomes - Thomas B. Hoffer, NORC at the University of Chicago; Eric Hedberg, NORC at the University of Chicago