Educational Expectations of Asian American Youths: Determinants and Ethnic Differences Export

@article{citeulike:1084981, abstract = {The study presented here explored three factors that may explain why distinct Asian American groups have higher educational expectations than do whites: favorable socioeconomic and background characteristics, demonstrated academic ability, and parents' high expectations. With data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study, the authors used linear and logistic multivariate regression models to examine these differences in educational expectations. The analyses indicated that although all Asian American ethnic groups have higher expectations than whites, the higher educational expectations of Asian American groups that are well assimilated into U.S. society are principally influenced by socioeconomic and demographic factors. Parental expectations generally explain a large portion of children's high educational expectations for all Asian American groups.}, author = {Goyette, Kimberly and Xie, Yu}, citeulike-article-id = {1084981}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2673184}, journal = {Sociology of Education}, keywords = {asian-american-studies, education, nels, temple}, number = {1}, pages = {22--36}, posted-at = {2007-02-02 20:47:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Educational Expectations of Asian American Youths: Determinants and Ethnic Differences}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2673184}, volume = {72}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1084981 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1084981 N2 - The study presented here explored three factors that may explain why distinct Asian American groups have higher educational expectations than do whites: favorable socioeconomic and background characteristics, demonstrated academic ability, and parents' high expectations. With data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study, the authors used linear and logistic multivariate regression models to examine these differences in educational expectations. The analyses indicated that although all Asian American ethnic groups have higher expectations than whites, the higher educational expectations of Asian American groups that are well assimilated into U.S. society are principally influenced by socioeconomic and demographic factors. Parental expectations generally explain a large portion of children's high educational expectations for all Asian American groups. IS - 1 JF - Sociology of Education EP - 36 TI - Educational Expectations of Asian American Youths: Determinants and Ethnic Differences VL - 72 SP - 22 KW - asian-american-studies KW - education KW - nels KW - temple AU - Goyette, Kimberly AU - Xie, Yu PY - 1999/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/2673184 ER -