Social Class Position as a Determinant of Educational Achievement

The objective of the study was to research the correlations between dependent variables: (1) formal education, (2) education achievement in elementary school, (3) education achievement in secondary school & independent variables (A) parents' formal education, (B) the social class individuals originated in & (C) the financial & material circumstances of their families. A total of 1,980 adult employees in Slovenia participated in the study. Identified were correlations between formal education & all independent variables. There is also a positive correlation between the parents' formal education & the formal education of their children (father's education r=0.396 at p=0.0l & mother's education r=0.370 at p=0.0l). The study confirmed positive correlation between parents' education & the educational achievement of their children in elementary school. Quite different results were obtained for educational achievement in secondary school. The correlation between educational achievement in secondary school & all the independent variables is less than 0.150. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.