Denizened Mothers and Children's Education Achievement in the Sixth Grade
Date Issued
2012
Date
2012
Author(s)
Tsai, Yu-Hsin
Abstract
Using data from Taiwan Assessment of Student Achievement (TASA), we analyze the educational achievement differences between two groups of children, one with native mothers and another with denizened mothers whose original nationalities are of South East Asia or China in five subjects Chinese, English, Mathematics, Social science, and Nature science in the sixth grade in the elementary school. Our results suggest that without controlling for socioeconomic background factors, the educational achievement of children with denizened mothers from South East Asia are lower than those with native mothers; the effect of mother’s original nationality seems to be significantly negative. However, after controlling for socioeconomic background factors, this significantly negative original nationality effect disappears except for Mathematics. On the other hand, for those with denizened mothers from China, educational achievement in Chinese and Social science are both higher than those with native mothers, whether socioeconomic background factors were taken into account or not. We also find that girls have advantages relative to boys in learning Chinese and English, while boys have advantages relative to girls in Mathematics and Nature science.
The factors of socioeconomic background considered such as parental education, father’s occupational status, educational resources, cultural capital, and social capital on children’s educational achievement have significantly positive effects on educational achievement and father’s education has a substantial impact. Educational resources have the strongest effects on children’s educational achievement in English and Mathematics, including studying material resources and after-school courses. Moreover, we find the gender gap in effects of socioeconomic background on educational achievement.
Subjects
mother’s nationality
educational achievement
child with denizened mothers
denizend spouse
nationality effect
SDGs
Type
thesis
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