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Educational Attainment in Appalachia

  • July 1, 2004
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Author(s): John Haaga
Author Organization(s): Population Reference Bureau

This paper focuses on what Census 2000 data reveal about the persistence of regional differences in high school completion and tertiary education, essential predictors of how populations will fare in a global, knowledge-based economy in the new century.

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