Does individual ability play a role in educational attainment over and above household, school and other socio-economic circumstances?

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dc.contributor.advisorLeibbrandt, Murrayen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKahn, Amyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T12:28:27Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T12:28:27Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 72-74).
dc.description.abstractThis study looks at the impact of latent individual ability on educational attainment, specifically the decision to acquire tertiary education. The analysis aims to determine whether ability is significant over and above socio-economic status in determining educational attainment. The Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) (2002-2005) and the School Register of Needs Survey (2000) provide data at the individual, household and school level, which are used to model the decision to apply for tertiary education for a sample of respondents who have completed matric. The CAPS data-set provides a set of literacy and numeracy test scores, which are regarded as measures of manifest ability. After purging out the effects of age, education level, as well as household and schoollevel characteristics from these test scores, a latent measure of ability is obtained, which is relatively independent of socio-economic status.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKahn, A. (2007). <i>Does individual ability play a role in educational attainment over and above household, school and other socio-economic circumstances?</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5803en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKahn, Amy. <i>"Does individual ability play a role in educational attainment over and above household, school and other socio-economic circumstances?."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5803en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKahn, A. 2007. Does individual ability play a role in educational attainment over and above household, school and other socio-economic circumstances?. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kahn, Amy AB - This study looks at the impact of latent individual ability on educational attainment, specifically the decision to acquire tertiary education. The analysis aims to determine whether ability is significant over and above socio-economic status in determining educational attainment. The Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) (2002-2005) and the School Register of Needs Survey (2000) provide data at the individual, household and school level, which are used to model the decision to apply for tertiary education for a sample of respondents who have completed matric. The CAPS data-set provides a set of literacy and numeracy test scores, which are regarded as measures of manifest ability. After purging out the effects of age, education level, as well as household and schoollevel characteristics from these test scores, a latent measure of ability is obtained, which is relatively independent of socio-economic status. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Does individual ability play a role in educational attainment over and above household, school and other socio-economic circumstances? TI - Does individual ability play a role in educational attainment over and above household, school and other socio-economic circumstances? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5803 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/5803
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKahn A. Does individual ability play a role in educational attainment over and above household, school and other socio-economic circumstances?. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5803en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleDoes individual ability play a role in educational attainment over and above household, school and other socio-economic circumstances?en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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