A Review of the Literature on Socioeconomic Status and Educational Achievement

Broer, Markus; Bai, Yifan; Fonseca, Frank

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11991-1_2

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“…All factors were reported by parents, except birthweight, which was ascertained from clinical records. Adult SEP was considered a potential intermediary based on established associations with both early-life SEP[33,34] and frailty[21,35]. It was represented here by occupational class at42y (or if missing at 33y (n=829(9.52%)), grouped into four categories from professional/managerial (classes I and II) to partly skilled/unskilled manual (classes IV and V) and educational attainment by 33y, grouped into four categories from <0-levels to degree or higher (see Table 2 footnotes for details).…”

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Early-life socioeconomic position and the accumulation of health-related deficits by midlife in the 1958 British birth cohort study

Rogers

Blodgett

Searle

et al. 2020

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Reducing population levels of frailty is an important goal and preventing its development in mid-adulthood could be pivotal. Childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with a myriad of adult health outcomes but evidence is limited on associations with frailty. Using 1958 British birth cohort data (N=8711), we aimed to: (i) establish the utility of measuring frailty in mid-life, by examining associations between a 34-item frailty index at 50y (FI50y) and mortality over an eight-year follow-up period and (ii) examine associations between early-life SEP and FI50y and investigate whether these associations were explained by adult SEP. Hazard ratios (HRs) for mortality increased with increasing levels of frailty, e.g., HRsex-adjusted was 4.07(95% CI:2.64,6.25) for highest vs. lowest fifth of FI50y. Lower early-life SEP was associated with higher FI50y: per unit decrease in early-life SEP (on a 4-point scale), FI50y increased by 12.7%(10.85%,14.6%) in a model adjusted for early-life covariates. After additional adjustment for adult occupational class and education, the association attenuated to 5.71%(3.71%,7.70%). Findings suggest that early-life SEP is associated with frailty and that adult SEP only partially explains this association. Results highlight the importance of improving socioeconomic circumstances across the life course to reduce inequalities in frailty from mid-adulthood.

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Early-life socioeconomic position and the accumulation of health-related deficits by midlife in the 1958 British birth cohort study

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Blodgett

Searle

et al. 2020

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“…As school engagement is typically conceptualized as a multidimensional construct including behavior, emotions, and cognition, which are considered interrelated [5][6][7][8], future studies should seek to examine all these dimensions concurrently. Furthermore, our model did not include an assess-ment of socioeconomic status, which may have an influence especially on the academic achievement of students, although the magnitude of such associations depends on the social context and education system [57]. As the vast majority of research has focused on associations of socioeconomic status and academic achievement rather than school engagement, the assessment of family-level or school-level socioeconomic status was not included in the model.…”

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Associations of Classroom Design and Classroom-Based Physical Activity with Behavioral and Emotional Engagement among Primary School Students

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Educational reforms worldwide have resulted in schools increasingly incorporating open and flexible classroom designs. Open learning spaces may contribute to a student’s behavioral and emotional school engagement directly and by facilitating classroom-based physical activity (CPA). We investigated the associations between accelerometer-assessed CPA and student ratings of task-focused behavior and attitude towards school as indicators for behavioral and emotional engagement, respectively, with the associations of gender, grade, and classroom design on CPA among 206 3rd and 5th grade students in open learning spaces and conventional classrooms. Structural equation modelling showed open classroom design to be directly associated with better attitude towards school (B = −0.336; CI95% −0.616 to −0.055), but not with task-focused behavior. The relationship between task-focused behavior and attitude towards school was statistically significant (B = 0.188; 95%CI 0.068 to 0.031). CPA was not associated with task-focused behavior and attitude towards school, while classroom design (B = 1.818; 95%CI 1.101 to 2.536), gender (B = 1.732; 95%CI 20 1.065 to 2.398), and grade (B = 1.560; 95%CI 0.893 to 2.227) were statistically significantly associated with CPA. Open learning spaces seem to be associated with better emotional engagement, which is associated with behavioral engagement. Longitudinal studies investigating associations of open learning spaces and CPA on students’ behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement concurrently are warranted.

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“…The private school pupils were more likely to bring lunchboxes to schools when compared to the public school pupils. This may be because pupils who attend private schools come from families that are more financially stable than the families of children who attend public schools [21].…”

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Descriptive Study of School Feeding Practices in Nigerian Children and the Risk of Dental Caries

Eigbobo

Onyejaka

2020

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Background: Nutrition is important in development, growth and maintenance of overall well being of an individual and plays a significant role in children’s cognitive, behavioural and emotional development. Poor diets may initiate or exacerbate chronic diseases including dental caries which has dietary fermentable carbohydrates as one of its aetiologies. Objectives: To describe the school feeding practice in Nigerian schools and relate the contents of their lunch boxes to risk of having dental caries and determine the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the content of lunch boxes. Study Design: This was a descriptive cross sectional study. Methodology: Multistage sampling technique was used in selecting participants from 12 schools in Southern Nigeria. Information on socio-demographic characteristics and contents of lunch boxes were elicited using structured questionnaires. The contents of lunch boxes were categorized as balanced (cooked meals with vegetables or fruits), overloaded (one cooked meal and snacks) and unbalanced-over loaded (no lunchbox, or greater than one snacks). Information elicited were analyzed using SPSS version 22 and the level of significance was set at <0.05. Results: There were 152 (49.8%) males and 153 (50.2%) females with a mean age of 10.1 (+2.2) years who participated in the study. One hundred and fifty two (49.8%) pupils brought lunch boxes to school. The category of meals taken during lunch breaks was mostly [157 (51.5%)] unbalanced-overloaded. There were statistically significant associations between the mothers’ occupation (<0.001), number of siblings (p<0.001), type of school (p=0.001) and the presence of lunch boxes. There was also statistically significant association between the types of schools and contents of lunch packs. Multivariate regression analysis showed that age (OR=0.116, CI=0.030-0.447; p=0.002) and number of siblings (OR=0.286; CI=0.097-0.841; p=0.023) were significant predictors of bringing lunch box to school. Conclusion: Type of school, age of the children, their mothers’ social class/occupation and family size were significantly associated with possessing lunch packs. Their lunch meals were majorly confectioneries thus a high risk to dental caries.

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A Review of the Literature on Socioeconomic Status and Educational Achievement

Cited by 86 publications

References 37 publications

Early-life socioeconomic position and the accumulation of health-related deficits by midlife in the 1958 British birth cohort study

Early-life socioeconomic position and the accumulation of health-related deficits by midlife in the 1958 British birth cohort study

Associations of Classroom Design and Classroom-Based Physical Activity with Behavioral and Emotional Engagement among Primary School Students

Descriptive Study of School Feeding Practices in Nigerian Children and the Risk of Dental Caries

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