Tackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background: an investigation into the equivalence of SES constructs
<p>In England, students with immigrant background exhibit lower educational attainment than those without immigrant background. Family socioeconomic status (SES) helps explain differences in educational attainment but a gap remains that differs in size for students from different immigrant bac...
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| description | <p>In England, students with immigrant background exhibit lower educational attainment than those without immigrant background. Family socioeconomic status (SES) helps explain differences in educational attainment but a gap remains that differs in size for students from different immigrant backgrounds. While the explanatory repertoire for the remaining gap is broad, it has been neglected to comprehensively investigate whether family SES constructs are equivalent across students from different immigrant backgrounds. Using data from the first wave of the CILS4EU study for England (n=4,315), the paper applies exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) to evaluate measurement invariance of family background constructs across students without and with immigrant background, specifically Pakistani/Bangladeshi immigrant background. Results suggest differences in the structure of family SES indicators across groups and in their association with educational attainment. Complementary variables are suggested to enhance family SES indicators. Findings are relevant to researchers investigating educational inequalities related to immigrant background.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c90d15ea-212e-406a-947c-b8d1ee434d532022-03-27T06:56:17ZTackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background: an investigation into the equivalence of SES constructsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c90d15ea-212e-406a-947c-b8d1ee434d53Social statusEducationSocial InequalityEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetRoutledge2015Lenkeit, JCaro, DStrand, S<p>In England, students with immigrant background exhibit lower educational attainment than those without immigrant background. Family socioeconomic status (SES) helps explain differences in educational attainment but a gap remains that differs in size for students from different immigrant backgrounds. While the explanatory repertoire for the remaining gap is broad, it has been neglected to comprehensively investigate whether family SES constructs are equivalent across students from different immigrant backgrounds. Using data from the first wave of the CILS4EU study for England (n=4,315), the paper applies exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) to evaluate measurement invariance of family background constructs across students without and with immigrant background, specifically Pakistani/Bangladeshi immigrant background. Results suggest differences in the structure of family SES indicators across groups and in their association with educational attainment. Complementary variables are suggested to enhance family SES indicators. Findings are relevant to researchers investigating educational inequalities related to immigrant background.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Social status Education Social Inequality Lenkeit, J Caro, D Strand, S Tackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background: an investigation into the equivalence of SES constructs |
| title | Tackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background: an investigation into the equivalence of SES constructs |
| title_full | Tackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background: an investigation into the equivalence of SES constructs |
| title_fullStr | Tackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background: an investigation into the equivalence of SES constructs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background: an investigation into the equivalence of SES constructs |
| title_short | Tackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background: an investigation into the equivalence of SES constructs |
| title_sort | tackling the remaining attainment gap between students with and without immigrant background an investigation into the equivalence of ses constructs |
| topic | Social status Education Social Inequality |
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