Parental Investment on a Socioeconomic Basis: A Comparative Study of Southeast China and Taiwan

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Xi; Hu, Li-Chung
Titel	Parental Investment on a Socioeconomic Basis: A Comparative Study of Southeast China and Taiwan
Quelle	In: Chinese Education & Society, 56 (2023) 2, S.141-162 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1061-1932
DOI	10.1080/10611932.2023.2251838
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parent Financial Contribution; Socioeconomic Status; Investment; Paying for College; Student Costs; Social Class; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Family Income; Influences; Access to Education; Educational Opportunities; Educational Resources; Family Environment; China; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Studienfinanzierung; Studienkosten; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familieneinkommen; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Bildungsmittel; Familienmilieu
Abstract	Differences in socioeconomic status have long been one of the major contributing factors to household educational investment, which is also a key concern in related research. Utilizing Panel Study of Family Dynamics (PSFD) datasets from 2003 to 2004, in this study we examine family investment in children's education in southeast China and Taiwan, two core economic players in east Asia, with mainland China presenting much more social inequality than Taiwan, based on Gini coefficient measures. Our findings reveal that the different levels of parental investment in education are consistent with socioeconomic disparities, which vary significantly both quantitatively and qualitatively among mainland Chinese families from diverse social class backgrounds, but this gap appears to be narrowing among households in Taiwan. Parents' level of education and income, deemed as the main class-based indicators, continue to be the determining factors in how families obtain and construct educational access, resources and opportunities for their offspring. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01