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dc.contributor.authorDockery, Alfred Michael
dc.contributor.authorSeymour, Richard
dc.contributor.authorKoshy, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:10:01Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:10:01Z
dc.date.created2015-10-07T03:43:46Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationDockery, A.M. and Seymour, R. and Koshy, P. 2015. Promoting low socio-economic participation in higher education: a comparison of area-based and individual measures. Studies in Higher Education. 41 (9): pp. 1692-1714.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18798
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03075079.2015.1020777
dc.description.abstract

As with other countries, Australia has been grappling with the identification, measurement and impact of disadvantage in higher education. In particular, the measurement of socio-economic status (SES) has been of central concern. The immediate solution in Australia has been the introduction of an ‘area’ measure in which students' SES is categorised on the basis of census data for their neighbourhoods rather than on individual or household data. This paper assesses the veracity of the area measure in capturing individual SES for school-aged entrants, using a longitudinal data set, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, to construct individual measures of SES and a national ranking of sample individuals on the basis of probability of attending a higher education institution. The results demonstrate the tendency for area measures to misclassify individuals' higher education opportunity and the associated potential for perverse policy outcomes.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.subjectentering university
dc.subjectyouth transition
dc.subjectsocio-economic status
dc.subjectwidening participation
dc.subjecteconomics of education
dc.titlePromoting low socio-economic participation in higher education: a comparison of area-based and individual measures
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage23
dcterms.source.issn0307-5079
dcterms.source.titleStudies in Higher Education
curtin.departmentJohn Curtin Institute of Public Policy (JCIPP)
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