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Educational Expansion and Educational Reproduction in Eastern Europe, 1940-1979
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Abstract Considers changes in the effects of parental background on educational attainment in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, & Slovakia, 1940-1979, drawing on 1993 cross-national survey data from 13,997 male respondents. Findings show slight but consistent decreases in the effects of parents'... view more
Considers changes in the effects of parental background on educational attainment in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, & Slovakia, 1940-1979, drawing on 1993 cross-national survey data from 13,997 male respondents. Findings show slight but consistent decreases in the effects of parents' education, status, & political party membership on final educational attainment. However, it demonstrates stability or increases in the effects of parental background on the continuation probabilities at schooling transitions. Applying a method developed by Robert D. Mare (1981 [see abstract 81L8738]), analysis reveals that the slight decreases in the effects of parental background on final educational attainment result from two offsetting influences: stability or slight increases in the effects of parental background on school continuation probabilities in schooling transitions resulted in the stability of increase in these effects; whereas the substantial educational expansion that occurred in these nations resulted in their decrease.... view less
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History
Education and Pedagogics
Free Keywords
Educational Attainment; Social Background; Eastern Europe; Social Reproduction; Social Stratification; Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; Hungary; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovak Republic; educational attainment/expansion/continuation, Eastern Europe, 1940-1979; parental background; 1993 cross-national survey;
Document language
English
Publication Year
1996
Page/Pages
p. 187-210
Journal
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 4 (1996) 2
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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