Differences in Family Influences on College Attendance Plans for Male and Female Ninth Graders. ASHE 1988 Annual Meeting Paper.

Autor/inn/en	Stage, Frances K.; Hossler, Don
Titel	Differences in Family Influences on College Attendance Plans for Male and Female Ninth Graders. ASHE 1988 Annual Meeting Paper.
Quelle	(1988), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Aspiration; College Attendance; College Bound Students; College Choice; Decision Making; Enrollment Influences; Family Influence; Grade 9; High School Students; Higher Education; Parent Aspiration; Parent Child Relationship; Parent Influence; Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Studienortwahl; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Elternwille; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sekundarbereich
Abstract	The effects of family background characteristics (family income, parents' marital status, parents' education, and number of children already enrolled in postsecondary education) upon parents' postsecondary educational plans for their children, parents' saving for their children, and the amount of planning parents do with their children are examined. The influence of these factors on students' educational plans are discussed. The sample for this study was drawn from all students attending 21 Indiana high schools. Families of ninth grade students were mailed a packet with two survey instruments (for parents and students). A second mailing, a month later, contained additional surveys for parents and students. The results indicate that parents' influences on students' aspirations were both complex and varied. The level of father's education exerted the strongest indirect and direct effects on students' postsecondary education plans, but the effects of the level of fathers' and mothers' education varied for male and female ninth grade students. Neither discussion with parents about postsecondary education nor parental level of saving had major direct effects on the aspirations of male students, but for female students, the frequency with which they discussed college with their parents had a negative effect on their educational plans. Coming from single parent families had a relatively small effect. Findings suggest there could be subtle differences within each family affecting male and female students. Contains 36 references. (SM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC