 Family’s social economic status and child educational outcomes in China: The mediating effects of parenting practices and children’s learning attitudesDi Qi and Yichao Wu Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 118, issue C Abstract: This study utilizes the 2012–2016 CFPS dataset and employs the structural equation modelling techniques to illustrate the mediating effects of parental practices and children’s learning attitudes between family social economic status (SES) and the child educational outcomes. Firstly, the results show that relative to family income and parental occupational levels, the key variable significantly links with children’s education as measured by children’s Chinese and math scores is parental educational levels. Parental education also bridges the gap in possible disparities in child outcomes arising from differences in region and Hukou. Secondly, the findings demonstrate the significant association between two mediators and child educational outcomes. It shows the importance of improving parenting practices and children’s learning attitudes for child development. Relevant policies or programs can be established to narrow the educational disparities among children between the lower and higher SES families. The findings are positive in that educational disparities can be narrowed and the vicious cycle of cultural reproduction can be broken. Date: 2020 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:118:y:2020:i:c:s0190740920313621 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105387 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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