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The Opening Doors DemonstrationAppendix Table B.2Selected Characteristics of 12-Month Survey Respondents and Nonrespondents:Lorain County Community CollegeLorain County Community College and Owens Community College ReportCharacteristic (%)FullSample Respondents NonrespondentsGenderMale 18.7 18.1 22.9Female 81.3 81.9 77.1Age in years18-20 14.3 13.2 22.7 ***21-25 38.8 39.7 32.426-30 29.7 29.8 29.031-34 17.2 17.3 15.9Marital statusMarried 27.7 29.0 17.8 **Unmarried 72.3 71.0 82.2 **Race/ethnicity aHispanic/Latino 14.2 14.0 15.5Black, non-Hispanic 21.4 20.0 31.4 ***White, non-Hispanic 58.6 60.3 46.1 ***Asian or Pacific Islander 0.2 0.3 -0.1Other b 5.6 5.4 6.9Has one child or more 82.4 83.1 77.6Household receiving any government benefits c 55.0 56.1 46.7 *Financially dependent on parents 9.6 9.4 10.9Ever employed 99.5 99.8 97.9 ***Currently employed 54.5 54.8 52.2Highest grade completed8th or lower 1.6 1.4 3.29th 4.4 4.8 1.2 *10th 7.0 7.0 7.211th 11.0 10.5 15.112th 76.0 76.4 73.3Diplomas/degrees earned dHigh school diploma 70.8 71.1 68.6General Educational Development (GED) certificate 27.7 27.4 30.1Occupational/technical certificate 15.9 15.3 20.3(continued)88
Table B.2 (continued)Characteristic (%)FullSample Respondents NonrespondentsDate of high school graduation/GED receiptDuring the past year 13.0 12.9 14.2Between 1 and 5 years ago 29.4 28.6 35.0More than 5 years ago 57.6 58.5 50.8Main reason for enrolling in college dTo complete a certificate program 11.1 10.7 14.5To obtain an associate’s degree 56.1 56.4 53.7To transfer to a 4-year college/university 19.7 19.1 23.8To obtain/update job skills 10.0 10.1 9.1Other 5.6 6.0 3.1First person in family to attend college 37.2 38.5 27.7 **Completed any college courses/credits 43.3 42.9 46.4Working personal computer in home 65.7 66.2 62.2Owns or has access to a working car 90.5 91.3 84.7 **Language other than English spoken regularly in home 10.8 10.1 16.0 *U.S. citizen 98.8 99.1 96.1 **Region in which student was bornNorth America 96.7 97.5 91.0 ***Asia 0.1 0.1 0.0Latin America and the Caribbean 2.0 1.7 4.7 **Other e 1.1 0.7 4.2 ***Region in which student’s mother was born fNorth America 91.8 92.4 87.5 *Asia 0.3 0.4 0.1Latin America and the Caribbean 5.6 5.3 7.3Other e 2.3 1.9 5.1 **Sample size 888 781 107(continued)89
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OPENING DOORSMORE GUIDANCE,BETTER R
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Funders of the Opening Doors Projec
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ContentsOverviewList of Tables, Fig
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List of Tables, Figures, and BoxesT
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PrefaceIf approved by Congress, the
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guidance on the study. Thomas Brock
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• The Ohio colleges successfully
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Program group members were assigned
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Chapter 1IntroductionOver the last
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The Opening Doors DemonstrationTabl
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of literature exist on career couns
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The CollegeLorain County Community
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Lorain and Owens Financial Aid Data
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Chapter 3The Implementation of the
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ReferencesAdelman, Clifford. 2004.
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