A Cross-Country Comparison of School-Based Social Capital Effects upon Reading Literacy Based on PISA Data

Hongqiang Liu, Jan Van Damme and Wim Van Den Noortgate

SAGE Open, 2025, vol. 15, issue 3, 21582440251365699

Abstract: Addressing the gap in cross-cultural understanding of school-based social capital, this study examines its effects on student reading literacy across 14 economies using PISA 2009 data, selected for Parent Questionnaire availability. A two-stage analysis involved country-specific two-level hierarchical linear models (HLM) controlling for demographics, followed by meta-analysis to assess effect heterogeneity and overall patterns for indicators like teacher-student relationships and disciplinary climate. Results show school-based social capital significantly predicts reading achievement beyond demographics, but its net explanatory power (1%–7.8% variance) and the effects of specific predictors vary significantly across countries (heterogeneity p  

Keywords: reading literacy; social capital; cross-country comparison; meta-analysis; HLM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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