Do Mothers in Rural China Practice Gender Equality in Educational Aspirations for Their Children?

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Yuping; Kao, Grace; Hannum, Emily
Titel	Do Mothers in Rural China Practice Gender Equality in Educational Aspirations for Their Children?
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 51 (2007) 2, S.131-157 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/512023
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Family Characteristics; Rural Areas; Mother Attitudes; Academic Aspiration; Academic Achievement; Mothers; Gender Differences; Sex Stereotypes; Gender Bias; Equal Education; Academic Persistence; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Mutterliebe; Schulleistung; Mother; Mutter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterstereotyp
Abstract	In this article, the authors focus on a poor rural area in northwestern China and investigates whether the gender attitudes of mothers can be linked to their plans for educating their own children in the future. Using recent longitudinal data from the Gansu Survey of Children and Families (GSCF), a survey of rural 9-12-year-old children, families, and schools in Gansu province, the authors explore whether mothers' attitudes toward gender equality and old-age support, their expectations of future returns from children, mothers' perceptions of a child's promise for continuing schooling, and the child's actual school performance are linked with mothers' educational aspirations for the child, controlling for family characteristics. The authors' main findings suggest that mothers' attitudes about gender equality are closely tied to their educational aspirations for their children. Mothers' aspirations have a strong impact on their children's school persistence, controlling for other family characteristics. (Contains 13 footnotes, 5 tables, and 4 figures.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10