Research suggests that peer relationships are related to high school completion. However, it is difficult to determine if selection factors or predictive factors are instrumental in peer analyses. French and Conrad (2001), using data from a mostly White sample of 1,157 8th and 10th grade students from the Pacific Northwest whose families had higher than average incomes, analyzed the relationship between antisocial behavior and dropout. Their results suggest that adolescents who are antisocial and rejected by their peers are more likely to drop out of high school than students who are not. These findings remained after controlling for gender and prior achievement. Likewise, Cairns, Cairns, and Neckerman (1989) found that 8th and 10th grade adolescents exhibiting antisocial behavior were more likely to drop out of high school. Adolescents who had social preference in their schools and adolescents who were socially isolated or who were popular were not less likely to drop out of high school. Having an antisocial status in conjunction with low social preference measured together was found to be moderately predictive of dropping out among the 10th grade sample.