On the Accuracy of Children's Reports of Family Social Status
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2544375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan C Kerckhoff, William M Mason, Sharon Sandomirsky Po, Sharon Sandomirsky Poss |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219 |
| Publication date | 1973-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2112098 |
| OpenAlex | W2067526761 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 11 |
A systematic comparison is presented of the reports by school-age boys of their parents' educational level and their fathers' occupations with the reports of these same characteristics by the parents. Both black and white boys in the sixth, ninth, and twelfth grades are included. We find little general evidence of serious loss due to nonresponse, although the loss tends to be somewhat larger among blacks at all grade levels. Our regression and correlation analyses suggest that: (a) boys in higher grades are more accurate reporters than are boys in lower grades; (b) there is only a slight tendency to upgrade parents' characteristics, primarily in sixth graders' reports of mother's education; (c) black-white differences are most apparent among the sixth and ninth grade boys; and (d) to some extent, these color differences in accuracy are due to the different distributions of blacks and whites on the status characteristics studied
Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Sociology of Education · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1973 - 2022 (50) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |