Other hypotheses were developed to investigate the relationships between age, size of community, race, prior schooling, prior convictions, gender, GED scores, and recidivism. Contrary to the hypothesis that earning a GED would reduce recidivism over the five years following release, the findings showed a significant positive correlation between earning a GED in jail and GED score, and recidivism. The experimental and control groups were homogenous except for race; more whites than blacks were in the GED program. There were no significant relationships between the other variables studied and either GED attainment or recidivism.