The transmission of social inequality: Examination of the linkages between family socioeconomic status in childhood and educational achievement in young adulthood

Autor:	L. John Horwood, Joseph M. Boden, David M. Fergusson
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Longitudinal study Social inequality Cognition Latent variable Young adult Psychology Association (psychology) Socioeconomic status Social psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Structural equation modeling Developmental psychology
Zdroj:	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 26:277-295
ISSN:	0276-5624
Popis:	The present study examines the linkages between family socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood and educational achievement in young adulthood using data from a 25-year longitudinal study of a birth cohort of over 1000 New Zealand children. Structural equation modeling of the association between latent SES at birth and educational achievement by age 25 years showed evidence of a strong association between latent SES and later educational achievement. Much of this association was mediated via two pathways relating to child cognitive ability and family educational aspirations; family economic resources and school factors did not mediate the association. However, even when the major theoretical pathways were taken into account, a substantial component of the latent SES/educational achievement correlation remained unexplained.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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