first_gen: (IN DEVELOPMENT) Determine First Generation Status

In christian-million/researchR:

Description

This function determines the first-generation status of a student using the California Community College System Definition of First-Generation Status.

The definition uses the highest level of education of the student's parent(s)/guardian(s).

First-Generation:

1. Grade 9 or Less

2. Grade 10, 11, or 12 but did not graduate

3. Highschool Graduate

Non-First-Generation:

1. Some college but no degree

2. AA/AS Degree

3. BA/BS Degree

4. Graduate or professional degree beyond a BA/BS

Reference for definition: https://datamart.cccco.edu/App_Doc/Scorecard_Data_Mart_Specs.pdf

Usage

first_gen(x, y)

Arguments

x	PARENT_1_STATUS
y	PARENT_2_STATUS

Value

The first generation status of student given Parent Status

Examples

x = c("GED", "ASSOC", "UNKNOWN", "VOC")
y = c("MAST", "LESS", "LESS12", "VOC")
# library(dplyr)
# SDD <- as.data.frame(cbind(x, y))
# SDD <- mutate(SDD, new_variable = first_gen(x, y))

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