scholarly journals A Proposal of Spatial Measurement of Peer Effect through Socioeconomic Indices and Unsatisfied Basic Needs

Economies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Gregorio Gimenez ◽  
Denisa Ciobanu ◽  
Beatriz Barrado
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Peer Effects ◽  
Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Peer Effect ◽  
Socioeconomic Index ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Mathematics And Science

This paper investigates peer effects in the academic achievement of Costa Rican students. Two measures of peer effects are used: (1) a measure of a schools’ average socioeconomic status and (2) a measure of unsatisfied basic needs at district level. The estimation of a three-level hierarchical model allows us to deal with selection bias and unobserved heterogeneity. Results show that socioeconomic peer effect, both at school and district levels, positively and significantly correlates with academic achievement. An increase in one standard deviation in the socioeconomic index has the same effect on academic achievement as an additional year of schooling; two years if the improvement occurs in the index of unsatisfied basic needs. These results are robust for mathematics, reading and science. Results from quantile regression reveal that students with high academic achievement take greater advantages from studying in schools with higher socioeconomic status (mathematics and reading). Meanwhile, students with low academic achievement are the most affected by studying in poorer districts (mathematics and science).These results show the strong feedback between educational and social inequity and constitute a good example of how poverty traps can persist in developing countries.

Correlates of Self-Esteem of Mexican American Adolescents

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 771-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Powers ◽  
Virginia V. Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Reading Achievement ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Mexican American Adolescents ◽  
At Home

The correlations between self-esteem and two linguistic measures, two measures of socioeconomic status, and three measures of academic achievement were calculated for 87 Mexican American adolescents. Self-esteem correlated .25 with the rated extent to which English was spoken at home. Moreover, self-esteem was positively correlated with occupation (.22) and reading achievement (.25). Generally, correlations were small to moderate in magnitude.

Type of screen time and academic achievement in children from Australia and New Zealand: interactions with socioeconomic status

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
David R. Skvarc ◽  
Anne Penny ◽  
Travis Harries ◽  
Christopher Wilson ◽  
Nicki Joshua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Screen Time

scholarly journals Academic Achievement and Gender Peer Effects on Social Comparisons and Self-Regulated Learning Behaviors in A Taiwanese EFL Context

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan-Jeng Chang
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Peer Effects ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Learning Behaviors ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
And Gender

The main purpose of the present article is to estimate academic achievement and gender peer effects on social comparisons and self-regulated learning behaviors in a Taiwanese EFL context. The participating students were 50 non-English-major freshmen studying in Central Taiwan. Analyses of the data reveal the following findings. First, female students preferred or felt more comfortable making social comparisons with other female students, and they applied more self-regulated learning strategies. Second, male students had a stronger drive to make social comparisons, and they would prepare harder over time for the tests. Third, students with relatively low ability tended toward upward comparison and tended to give up or only study the easy parts. 

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND ECONOMICS ON ACCESSIBILITY OF POOR HOUSEHOLD NEEDS IN GIANYAR DISTRICT

2020 ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
I Nyoman Tingkes
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Structural Component ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Scholarship Program ◽  
Keywords Education

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of education, health, and socioeconomic status on the capacity of poor households in an effort to increase the accessibility of basic needs. The study was designed using the general structural component analysis method which was validated by a qualitative method. The study used 400 samples for quantitative research and 25 key informants for qualitative research. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and parametric general structural component analysis. Qualitative data were analyzed using reduce, display, and conclusion (drawing / verifying) techniques. The results of the study found that the reason for the low accessibility of basic needs is that the implementation of the scholarship program for poor households is not optimal, understanding of health regulations is still low, ownership of production factors in the form of narrow agricultural land, while the main livelihood is agriculture and agricultural labor, coupled with environmental influences. socio-culture is negative. Thus, the capacity of poor households to increase accessibility of basic needs is insignificant or low.  Keywords: education, health, socioeconomic status, capacity, accessibility

The Role of Personality and Intelligence in Assortative Mating

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 680-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Escorial ◽  
Carmen Martín-Buro
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Big Five Model ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Effect Of Age

Assortative mating is the individuals' tendency to mate with those who are similar to them in some variables, at a higher rate than would be expected from random. This study aims to provide empirical evidence of assortative mating through the Big Five model of personality and two measures of intelligence using Spanish samples. The sample consisted of 244 Spanish couples. It was divided into two groups according to relationship time. The effect of age, educational level and socioeconomic status was controlled. The results showed strong assortative mating for intelligence and moderate for personality. The strongest correlations for Personality were found in Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness.

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