Parental media socialization and educational attainment: Resource or disadvantage?
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Changing parental characteristics and aggregate educational attainment∗
Between 1968 and 2013, two striking changes occurred in the characteristics of US parents. First, the share of households headed by a single parent grew from 19% to 40%. Second, the share of households in which at least one parent has a fouryear college degree grew from 17% to 45%, with most of the increase coming from dual parent households. We first conduct simple accounting exercises to show...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0276-5624
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2010.07.001