The influence of parent education and family income on child achievement: the indirect role of parental expectations and the home environment.

@article{DavisKean2005TheIO,
  title={The influence of parent education and family income on child achievement: the indirect role of parental expectations and the home environment.},
  author={Pamela E. Davis-Kean},
  journal={Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association},
  year={2005},
  volume={19 2},
  pages={
          294-304
        }
}
  • P. Davis-Kean
  • Published 1 June 2005
  • Education, Psychology
  • Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association
This study examined the process of how socioeconomic status, specifically parents' education and income, indirectly relates to children's academic achievement through parents' beliefs and behaviors. Data from a national, cross-sectional study of children were used for this study. The subjects were 868 8-12-year-olds, divided approximately equally across gender (436 females, 433 males). This sample was 49% non-Hispanic European American and 47% African American. Using structural equation… 
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