Explaining the impact of family structure during adolescence on adult educational attainment: A longitudinal study |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Digestive Endoscopy Unit, St. Barbara Hospital, Iglesias (Carbonia-Iglesias), Italy;3. Digestive Diseases Center, Vìtkovice Hospital, Zálužanského, Ostrava, Czech Republic;4. Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy;6. Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, North Hills, California;5. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California;1. Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC), Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA;2. American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, USA;1. Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany;2. Division of Molecular Embryology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany;3. Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), 55128 Mainz, Germany |
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| Abstract: | We estimated a structural equation model that specifies the intervening processes accounting for the modest but statistically significant relationship between family structure (intact family) and educational attainment. Using data from a panel (N = 3,322) tested in the seventh grade, when the subjects were in their twenties, and when the subjects were in their mid-thirties, we observed the mediating processes in the relationship between intact family and educational attainment. Growing up in intact families was associated with a better financial situation in the parental home and a more positive early school experience, which led to a later entry into adult roles of labor force participation and marriage/cohabitation, and to continuation of post-secondary education. These intervening processes together accounted for the effects of intact family on higher educational attainment in middle adulthood. |
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