The Extended Family and Children's Educational Success
The Extended Family and Children's Educational Success
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DOI：
10.1177/0003122412464040
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Jaeger, Mads Meier
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作者：
Jaeger, Mads Meier
关于家庭背景和教育成就的研究几乎只关注两代人：父母和孩子。本研究认为，大家庭对家庭背景对教育成功的总体影响有显著贡献。威斯康星纵向研究的分析表明，除了来自同一直系亲属的兄弟姐妹共有的家庭因素外，表兄弟姐妹共有的因素在儿童教育成功的总差异中占有重要的一部分。结果还表明，祖父母、阿姨和叔叔的社会经济特征对教育成功的直接影响很小。此外，大家庭的资源弥补了低社会经济地位家庭的资源不足，这反过来又促进了儿童的教育成功。主要结论是，家庭背景对教育成功的总体影响源于直系家庭、大家庭以及这两种家庭环境之间的相互作用。
Research on family background and educational success focuses almost exclusively on two generations: parents and children. This study argues that the extended family contributes significantly to the total effect of family background on educational success. Analyses using the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study show that, net of family factors shared by siblings from the same immediate family, factors shared by first cousins account for a nontrivial part of the total variance in children's educational success. Results also show that grandparents', aunts', and uncles' socioeconomic characteristics have few direct effects on educational success. Furthermore, resources in the extended family compensate for lacking resources in low-SES families, which in turn promote children's educational success. The main conclusion is that the total effect of family background on educational success originates in the immediate family, the extended family, and in interactions between these two family environments.