Too far to go on? Distance to school and
university participation
by Marc Frenette
Business and Labour Market
Analysis Division
Analytical Studies Branch research paper series, No. 191
This
study assesses how geographic distance between home and school affects the probability
of attending university shortly after high school graduation. Students that grow
up near a university can save on costs by staying home to attend the local university
and thus may be more likely to attend.
Using the Survey of Labour and Income
Dynamics, a database of Canadian university postal codes and a special postal
code conversion file that calculates the geographic co-ordinates of postal codes,
it was possible to estimate the straight-line distances between the homes of high
school students prior to graduating and the nearest university. After controlling
for family income, parental education and other factors associated with university
participation, students living 'out-of-commuting distance' are far less likely
to attend than are students living 'within commuting distance.' Distance also
plays a role in the relationship between university participation and its other
correlates, such as family income and sex.
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