Pathways to Work: Social Structural Differences in the Relationships between College Expectations, Planfulness, and Intense Adolescent Work

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Rocheleau, Gregory C.
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10/23/2014
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adolescent work
social class
agency
academic orientation
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This research examines variation in the relationships between college expectations, planfulness, and intense adolescent work by socioeconomic factors using data from Add Health (n = 8,836). Results show that higher college expectations are related to higher odds of intense school-year work among lower social class youth, but lower odds of intense work among youth from higher social class backgrounds. Moreover, planful adolescents are more likely to work intensely during the school year among youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods, but less likely to work intensely among those from advantaged neighborhoods. Results also show less variability in these relationships when considering summer work.