1. Objectifs

Intentions :
« The goals of this study were to: (a) determine the magnitude of prospective associations between parental income source within the context of persistent poverty (from ages 8 through 11) and academic performance by the end of elementary school (i.e. age 12 in the province of Quebec); and (b) examine whether associations would be mediated by maternal educational aspirations espoused at ages 10/11. » (p. 753)

2. Méthode

Échantillon :
Subsample (N = 1,112) of the data from the Quebec Longitudinal Study

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

« We examined the influence of income source within the context of persistent poverty (from ages 8 through 11) on academic failure by age 12, and whether associations were mediated by maternal educational aspirations for their children assessed at ages 10/11. [...] The authors coded four economic circumstances on the basis of persistent poverty (income-to-needs ratio less than 1.50 times the poverty line) and income source (working-poor, welfare-dependent, work-and-welfare-dependent, vs. never-poor working) from ages eight to 11. Relative to their peers in never-poor working families, children in both welfare-dependent and working-poor families were at greater risk of having experienced academic failure, net of demographic characteristics, child gender, and early inattentiveness. The risk of academic failure for these children was partially explained by mothers’ lower educational aspirations for their children. » (résumé tiré de l’article, p. 749)