Social Class Position As a Determinant of Educational Acheivement
Socila Class Position As a Determinant of Educational Acheivement

Summary/Abstract: The objective of the study was to research the correlations between dependent variables: (i) formal education, (ii) education achievement in elementary school, (iii) education achievement in secondary school and independent variables (i) parents’ formal education, (ii) the social class individuals originated in and (iii) the financial and material circumstances of their families. A total of 1,980 adult employees in Slovenia participated in the study. Identified were correlations between formal education and all independent variables. There is also a positive correlation between the parents’ formal education and the formal education of their children (father’s education r=0.396 at p=0.01 and mother’s education r=0.370 at p=0.01). The study confirmed positive correlation between parents’ education and the educational achievement of their children in elementary school. Quite different results were obtained for educational achievement in secondary school. The correlation between educational achievement in secondary school and all the independent variables is less than 0.150.

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