Family and neighborhood sources of socioeconomic inequality in children's achievement.
We examinedfamily and neighborhood sources of socioeconomic inequality in children 's reading and mathematics achievement using data from the 2000-2001 Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey. To describe inequality in achievement scores, we used Gini coefficients and concentration indices and multilevel regression models. We found no inequality in children's achievement by family income when other variables in the model were held constant. Mother's reading scores and average neighborhood levels of income accounted for the largest proportion of inequality in children 's achievement. Neighborhood economic status appears to be strongly associated with children 's skills acquisition.
Sastry
Narayan
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Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA. nsastry@isr.umich.edu
Pebley
Anne R
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D015141:Los Angeles; D008433:Mathematics; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D011932:Reading; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012923:Social Class