The influence of grandparents’ social class on children’s aspirations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11166386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vanessa Moulton (0000-0002-7400-2522, University College London, corresponding author), Eirini Flouri (0000-0001-6207-4847, University College London), Heather Joshi (0000-0002-0708-6367, University College London), Alice Sullivan (0000-0002-0690-8728, University College London) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 500-517 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01425692.2015.1093407 |
| OpenAlex | W2154522183 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 44 |
Social class mobility from grandparent to grandchild is a relatively neglected topic. Grandparents today are often healthier and more active, and have longer relationships with their grandchildren than in previous generations. We used data from the UK’s Millennium Cohort Study (n = 8570) to investigate the influence of maternal and paternal grandparents’ social class on the aspirations of children at age seven. Using path analysis and controlling for family income, mother’s and father’s education, lone motherhood, and child’s ethnicity and gender, we found very small direct effects from the paternal grandmother’s social class to the grandchild’s classed aspirations, and small, indirect effects, via parents’ class, of grandparents’ class on child’s classed aspirations. Multi-group analyses found few differences by ethnicity and gender. There was no evidence that, at this age, mixed-class parentage raises the aspirations of working-class children (the ‘sunken middle-class’ hypothesis)
Class (philosophy · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Grandchild · Grandparent · Political science · Social class · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Birth, Development, and Health · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |