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On class differentials in educational attainment.

Robert Erikson1, John H Goldthorpe, Michelle Jackson

  • 1Swedish Institute for Social Research, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|June 25, 2005
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Social class significantly impacts educational attainment. Academic performance differences (primary effects) are three times larger than educational choice differences (secondary effects) for secondary education progression in England and Wales.

Area of Science:

  • Sociology of Education
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Social class differentials in educational attainment are a persistent global issue.
  • Previous research indicates both academic performance and educational choices contribute to these disparities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine social class differentials in progression to higher secondary education (age 16) in England and Wales.
  • To decompose the primary (performance-based) and secondary (choice-based) effects contributing to these differentials.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized counterfactual analyses.
  • Combined performance distributions of one social class with the choice distributions of another to isolate effects.

Main Results:

  • Social class significantly influences progression to higher secondary education.

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  • Primary effects (differences in academic performance) account for approximately three times the impact of secondary effects (differences in educational choices).

    • Conclusions:

    • Academic performance disparities stemming from social class background are the dominant factor in educational attainment.
    • Interventions aimed at reducing educational inequality should prioritize addressing performance gaps linked to social class.