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Educational Family Background and the Realization of Educational Career Intentions - the Participation of German Upper Secondary Graduates in Higher Education over Time
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Abstract In this article, we evaluate the impact of social origin on the realisation of educational intentions at the time of becoming eligible for higher education in Germany. In general, we find high persistence of intentions and actual attendance of higher education. However, effects of parental education... view more
In this article, we evaluate the impact of social origin on the realisation of educational intentions at the time of becoming eligible for higher education in Germany. In general, we find high persistence of intentions and actual attendance of higher education. However, effects of parental education on the changes of educational intentions increase the existing social inequality with regard to higher education at the time of leaving secondary school. The group which is affected most are those young adults planning to study after vocational training—while the gap between different origin groups does not widen much during other stop-outs from education. This can be explained only partly by previous educational performance. The findings suggest that estimates of educational inequality are attenuated when entry into higher education is approximated by educational intentions of young adults.... view less
Keywords
social background; goal of education; young adult; course of education; educational inequality; Federal Republic of Germany; educational opportunity; vocational education; social inequality; university level of education; secondary school; social factors
Classification
Sociology of Education
Free Keywords
Educational inequality; Educational expectations and intentions; Educational careers
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 189-202
Journal
Higher education : the international journal of higher education and educational planning, 66 (2013) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-012-9598-0
ISSN
1573-174X
Status
Preprint; peer reviewed
Licence
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