A rurality index for students attempting to access higher education in Chile

Valentina Giaconi, Karina Maldonado, Gabriela B. Gomez · 2025 · Rural Society

Summary. Researchers developed a Student Access to Higher Education Rurality Index (SAHE-RI) for Chile using mixed methods. They combined national data to create a quantitative measure of rurality based on students' territory of origin and family characteristics, then validated it through interviews with 12 students across low, medium, and high rurality levels. The index successfully captures rurality as a multivariate phenomenon, with qualitative findings confirming that rurality operates as a gradient affecting students' educational access contexts.

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  title   = {A rurality index for students attempting to access higher education in Chile},
  author  = {Valentina Giaconi and Karina Maldonado and Gabriela B. Gomez},
  journal = {Rural Society},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1080/10371656.2025.2460376},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/10371656.2025.2460376}
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DOI

10.1080/10371656.2025.2460376

Countries

Chile

Regions

South America

Categories

education, rural-data-and-definitions, general-innovation

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2026-08-01