scholarly journals The Effects of Intergenerational Transmission on Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 401-406
Author(s):  
Chun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Genetic Inheritance ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Intergenerational Education

Intergenerational transmission exists in parents’ and children’s educational attainment as well as in biological genetic inheritance. In fact, it impacts educational attainment transfer across generations in many ways. This article elaborates from different angles on the characteristics, disparities and causes of intergenerational education transmission, and explores the effects of intergenerational transmission inequality on education and the implications of this study.

scholarly journals Intergenerational transmission of cultural capital in Finland

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-111
Author(s):  
Jarmo Kallunki ◽  
Semi Purhonen
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Parents Education

Cultural resources and assets inherited from one’s family of origin can be an important source of social inequality. In Finland, research on the intergenerational transmission of cultural capital is very limited. To fill this gap, we ask whether there is an association between the cultural capital of parents and that of their children in Finland and, if so, how significant it is. We useda two-fold operationalization of cultural capital for respondents and their parents comprising educational attainment (institutionalized cultural capital) and interestedness or participation in highbrow culture (embodied cultural capital). Our multinomial logistic regression analysis of nationally representative survey data from 2007 (N=1,279) showed close links between respondents’ cultural capital and that of their parents. Respondents’ educational attainment was strongly influenced by their parents’ education level but not their cultural interestedness; in contrast, respondents’ cultural participation was influenced by both their parents’ education and cultural interestedness.

scholarly journals Identifying intergenerational risk factors for ADHD symptoms using polygenic scores in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Pingault ◽  
Wikus Barkhuizen ◽  
Biyao Wang ◽  
Laurie J. Hannigan ◽  
Espen Moen Eilertsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Intellectual Ability ◽  
Adhd Symptoms ◽  
Genetic Transmission ◽  
Polygenic Scores

AbstractImportanceKnowledge of the mechanisms underlying the intergenerational transmission of risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms can inform psychosocial interventions.ObjectiveTo investigate whether parental genetic risk factors associate with their children’s ADHD symptoms due to genetic transmission of risk or due to parental genetic liability that influences offspring ADHD via parenting environments (genetic nurture).Design and participantsThis study is based on the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study and uses data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. This prospective cohort study consisted of 5,405 mother-father-offspring trios recruited between 1999 – 2008.ExposuresWe calculated polygenic scores for parental traits previously associated with ADHD, including psychopathology, substance use, neuroticism, educational attainment and intellectual ability.Main outcomes and measuresMothers reported on their 8-year-old children’s ADHD symptoms using the Parent/Teacher Rating Scale for Disruptive Behavior Disorders.ResultsMaternal polygenic scores for ADHD, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), neuroticism and smoking predicted child ADHD symptoms in bivariate analyses. After jointly modelling maternal, paternal and child polygenic scores, ADHD symptoms were predicted by children’s polygenic scores for ADHD (β = 0.10; 95% CI 0.07 to 0.14), smoking (β = 0.07; 95% CI 0.03 to 0.10) and educational attainment (β = −0.09; 95% CI −0.13 to −0.05), indicating direct genetic transmission of risk. Mothers’ polygenic scores for ASD (β = 0.05; 95% CI 0.02 to 0.08) and neuroticism (β = 0.05; 95% CI 0.01 to 0.08) predicted children’s ADHD symptoms conditional on fathers’ and children’s scores, implicating genetic nurture, or effects due to population stratification or assortative mating.ConclusionsThese results suggest that associations between some parental traits and offspring ADHD symptoms likely reflect a nuanced mix of direct genetic transmission (ADHD, smoking and educational attainment) and genetic nurture (ASD and neuroticism). If confirmed, these findings support previous evidence that maternal ASD or neuroticism may be possible targets for intervention to help break the chain of the intergenerational transmission of ADHD risk.

scholarly journals The Intergenerational Transmission of Early Childbearing: Examining Direct and Indirect Associations in a Swedish Birth Cohort

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Robin S. Högnäs ◽  
Alessandra Grotta
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Early Childbearing ◽  
Older Mothers ◽  
Nested Models ◽  
Marginal Effects ◽  
Average Marginal Effects

Background. Research shows that early childbearing is associated negatively with educational attainment and socioeconomic status (SES). Children born to young versus older mothers often do less well in school, and many have early first births. Some studies suggest that mothers’ early childbearing operates through SES to influence the daughters’ early childbearing, and some argue that the association is strong net of SES. The current study tests these direct and indirect associations. Methods. We estimate the pathways through which mothers’ early childbearing influences daughters’ early childbearing in several steps. First, we examine bivariate associations between mothers’ early childbearing and SES, followed by bivariate associations between mothers’ SES outcomes and their daughters’ early childbearing. We then estimate the average marginal effects (AMEs) of mothers’ early children on daughters’, and a KHB decomposition to examine direct and indirect associations. Results. Findings suggest both direct and indirect associations. Nested models show that, net of a range of SES characteristics, mothers’ early childbearing increases the probability of daughters’ by approximately 8%; and KHB results suggest 37% mediation, with daughters’ school performance (12%) and household educational attainment (10%) contributing the highest shares. Conclusion. Mothers’ early childbearing and subsequent SES collectively influence the long-term wellbeing of children. Thus, early childbearing has consequences both within and across generations.

scholarly journals Intergenerational Transmission of Education in India: Evidence from a Nationwide Survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kakoli Borkotoky ◽  
Sayeed Unisa ◽  
Ashish Kumar Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Transmission Model ◽  
Education Of Women ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission Of Education

The intergenerational transmission of education has been investigated extensively in social science research. The existing literature shows that none of the studies in India related the process of partner selection and differential fertility with the intergenerational transmission of education. Here, we examined the timing of marriage and childbearing along with the probability of partner selection, according to education of women and how these processes lead to heterogeneity in educational attainment of children. The educational attainment of children was estimated by fitting the estimated marriage probabilities and children ever born in the intergenerational transmission model. The results were replicated in different random samples to examine its validity. The study found that higher educated women marry late, have fewer children, and marry men with higher or equal education. Further, the results indicate that education of women is a more significant predictor than education of husband in reducing average number of children born to couples. The findings confirm that children attain higher education than their parents, and better educated mothers do not discriminate between their children to provide higher education. These findings reinforce the significance of government initiatives to provide incentives to families with higher educated girls to ensure better education of the next generation.

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