Following in Your Parents' Footsteps? Empirical Analysis of Matched Parent-Offspring Test Scores
Following in Your Parents' Footsteps? Empirical Analysis of Matched Parent-Offspring Test Scores
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1468-0084.2010.00604.x
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发表时间：
2011-02-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Taylor, Karl
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作者：
Brown, Sarah;Mcintosh, Steven;Taylor, Karl
在这篇文章中，我们探讨了一群出生于1958年的人在7岁时的阅读和数学考试成绩与他们的后代在1991年测量的同等考试成绩之间是否存在代际关系。我们的结果表明，父母在童年时期在阅读和数学方面的表现与他们的子女在相同年龄测得的相应考试成绩呈正相关。研究结果进一步表明，教养方式的影响主要是影响识字的代际关系，尽管遗传效应似乎更多地与算术有关。
In this article, we explore whether an intergenerational relationship exists between the reading and mathematics test scores, taken at age 7, of a cohort of individuals born in 1958 and the equivalent test scores of their offspring measured in 1991. Our results suggest that how the parent performs in reading and mathematics during their childhood is positively related to the corresponding test scores of their offspring as measured at a similar age. The results further suggest that the effect of upbringing is mainly responsible for the intergenerational relationship in literacy, although genetic effects seem more relevant with respect to numeracy.