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Higher Education, Women, and Sociocultural Change: A Closer Look at the Statistics

Authors :
Parvazian, Somayeh
Gill, Judith
Chiera, Belinda
Source :
SAGE Open. Apr 2017 7(2).
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

This article reports an analysis of the relationship between women's increased participation in higher education and other recent social changes over the last four decades. To date, women's increased involvement in higher education has been studied as either a force for or a consequence of other sociocultural changes. Drawing on data from key international data sets and with a focus on a range of Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) countries, this article details an exploratory factor analysis of women's higher education participation and a range of other variables identified as indicators of or mediators for social change. This analysis reveals the existence of four underlying factors showing the structural interrelationship between the variables.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2158-2440
Volume :
7
Issue :
2
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
SAGE Open
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1197929
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017700230