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Community Difference in Educational Expectations of Chinese Adolescents

Qiu, Lu LU (2014) SIMV32 20141
Graduate School
Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender
Department of Sociology
Abstract
Community constitutes one important context that influences the decision and choices in adolescents’ educational development and life course. Little research has investigated how educational expectations differ between the rural and urban community in China. This study constructs a combined theoretical framework of family socioeconomic status and social capital to explain how family human, financial, and social capital affect the community difference of expectations. Using data from the Chinese Families Panel Studies 2010, linear regression models are used to examine these differences. The results indicate that the observed urban advantage in educational expectations result from the higher family socioeconomic status, and the more close... (More)
Community constitutes one important context that influences the decision and choices in adolescents’ educational development and life course. Little research has investigated how educational expectations differ between the rural and urban community in China. This study constructs a combined theoretical framework of family socioeconomic status and social capital to explain how family human, financial, and social capital affect the community difference of expectations. Using data from the Chinese Families Panel Studies 2010, linear regression models are used to examine these differences. The results indicate that the observed urban advantage in educational expectations result from the higher family socioeconomic status, and the more close relationship of parents and children in learning activities, while the intergenerational closure of the rural community helps to narrow the gap. The findings also suggest that the explanatory power of different indicators of SES and social capital does vary across community context. Parental education is a significant predictor of urban expectations, while parental occupational status affects significantly only rural expectations. While within-family social capital consistently plays an important role in explaining adolescents’ education expectations, between-family social capital is only significantly related to the rural group. (Less)
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author
Qiu, Lu LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMV32 20141
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Educational Expectation, Urban/Rural (context), China, Socioeconomic Status, Social Capital
language
English
id
4456573
date added to LUP
2014-06-16 10:15:48
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2014-06-16 10:15:48
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  abstract     = {{Community constitutes one important context that influences the decision and choices in adolescents’ educational development and life course. Little research has investigated how educational expectations differ between the rural and urban community in China. This study constructs a combined theoretical framework of family socioeconomic status and social capital to explain how family human, financial, and social capital affect the community difference of expectations. Using data from the Chinese Families Panel Studies 2010, linear regression models are used to examine these differences. The results indicate that the observed urban advantage in educational expectations result from the higher family socioeconomic status, and the more close relationship of parents and children in learning activities, while the intergenerational closure of the rural community helps to narrow the gap. The findings also suggest that the explanatory power of different indicators of SES and social capital does vary across community context. Parental education is a significant predictor of urban expectations, while parental occupational status affects significantly only rural expectations. While within-family social capital consistently plays an important role in explaining adolescents’ education expectations, between-family social capital is only significantly related to the rural group.}},
  author       = {{Qiu, Lu}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Community Difference in Educational Expectations of Chinese Adolescents}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}