Neighborhood and Family Influences on Educational Attainment: Results from the Ontario Child Health Study Follow-Up 2001

• Michael H. Boyle ^[1] ; Katholiki Georgiades ^[1] ; Yvonne Racine ^[1] ; Cameron Mustard ^[2]
  1. [1] McMaster University

     McMaster University

     Canadá

     
  2. [2] University of Toronto

     University of Toronto

     Canadá

     
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 78, Nº. 1, 2007, págs. 168-189
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.00991.x
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• Resumen

  • This study uses multilevel models to examine longitudinal associations between contextual influences (neighborhood and family) assessed in 1983 in a cohort of 2,355 children, 4–16 years of age, and educational attainment in 2001. Variation in educational attainment in 2001 attributable to between-neighborhood and between-family differences was 8.17% and 36.88%, respectively. The final model explained 33.64% of the variance in educational attainment, with unique variances of 14.53% for neighborhood and family-level variables combined versus 10.94% for child-level variables. Among the neighborhood and family-level variables, indicators of status (5.29%) versus parental capacity/family process (4.03%) made comparable predictions to attainment while children from economically disadvantaged families did not benefit educationally from living in more affluent areas.