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Abstract
This paper explores the correlates of the socio-economic gradient in children’s educational performance through the primary school years. Thus it sits between the companion papers on pre-school cognitive outcomes and attainment in the secondary school years in this Special Issue. The poorest 20% of children score, on average 14 percentile points lower than the middle 20% in Key Stage 2 tests at age 11, and 31 percentile points lower than the richest 20%. Overall around one third of the attainment gaps by socio-economic background at age 11 are found to emerge after age 7. The evolution of attainment gaps over this period is found to be related a range of attitudes to education and behavioural patterns of the study children. Low maternal aspirations for the child’s final educational attainment are strongly linked to the widening socio-economic gap during these years, over and above their influence on the child’s own measured attitudes and behaviours.
Translated title of the contribution | The role of attitudes and behaviours in explaining socio-economic differences in attainment at age 11 |
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Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 41 - 58 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Longitudinal and Life Course Studies |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 26 Jan 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Other identifier: Issue 1Keywords
- education
- inter-generational transmission
- socio-economic gap
- aspirations
- educational attainment
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CHILDREN IN POVERTY: ASPIRATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND ATTITUDES TO EDUCATION
Gregg, P. A. (Principal Investigator), Washbrook, E. V. (Researcher) & Goodman, A. (Collaborator)
1/10/06 → 1/01/09
Project: Research