Help from the parent-teacher association to parenting efficacy: Beyond social status and informal social capital

Chau-kiu Cheung, Ching-man Lam and Steven Sek-yum Ngai

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2008, vol. 37, issue 3, 1134-1152

Abstract: Objective Empirical research is required to shed light on the issue concerning the support the parent-teacher association (PTA) for parents of schoolchildren. It is to examine if the benefit stems from informal social capital arising from the PTA.Method A telephone survey collected data from parents whose children studied in a grade between Grades 4 and 9 in Hong Kong.Results The benefits of PTA membership and help were significant. However, the contribution of informal social capital to change in parenting efficacy was insignificant.Discussion Consequently, The benefit of the PTA is not attributable to informal social capital.

Date: 2008
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W5H ... 705f44179308fed83941
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:soceco:v:37:y:2008:i:3:p:1134-1152

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics) is currently edited by Pablo Brañas Garza

More articles in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics) from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().