Showing papers on "Family economics published in 1968"
TL;DR: In this paper, family economics and economic values are posited as accounting for both socioeconomic and family structural variations in college attendance, and data from 1,442 young married adults are examined.
Abstract: Family economics and economic values are posited as accounting for both socioeconomic and family structural variations in college attendance. To explore these assumptions, data from 1,442 young married adults are examined. Father's occupational status is found to be highly related, and the individual's sex slightly related, to college attendance, favoring white-collar offspring and males, respectively. Three family structural factors-sibship size, sex ratio, and child space-are related to educational attainment, favoring those from smaller families, with several years separating them from their nearest siblings, and in the case of blue-collar females, those with few male siblings. Contrary to several studies, no patterned birth-order relation to college attendance appears. Methodological issues in both the present and past studies are discussed, and the economic interpretation is suggested as a basis for further research.
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