Does Family Structure Really Influence Educational Attainment
Does Family Structure Really Influence Educational Attainment
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家庭结构真的影响教育程度吗
DOI：
10.1006/ssre.1999.0648
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发表时间：
1999
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Thomas Wells
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作者：
Gary D. Sandefur;Thomas Wells
摘要 本文利用兄弟姐妹的数据，在控制观察到和未观察到的常见家庭影响后，研究了家庭结构对教育获得的影响。兄弟姐妹数据的使用使我们能够检查家庭结构的明显影响是否是由于兄弟姐妹共有的家庭的未测量特征造成的。数据来自 1979-1992 年全国青少年纵向调查中的一对兄弟姐妹。结果表明，考虑到未测量的家庭特征，所得出的家庭结构对教育获得的影响的估计值比基于不考虑未测量的家庭影响的分析得出的估计值要小，但在统计上仍然显着。
Abstract This paper examines the effects of family structure on educational attainment after controlling for common family influences, observed and unobserved, using data from siblings. The use of sibling data permits us to examine whether the apparent effects of family structure are due to unmeasured characteristics of families that are common to siblings. The data come from pairs of siblings in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979–1992. The results suggest that taking into account the unmeasured family characteristics yields estimates of the effects of family structure on educational attainment that are smaller, but still statistically significant, than estimates based on analyses that do not take unmeasured family influences into account.