Educational level and expectations
Interviewees were asked about their parents’ academic achievement and
their parents’ educational achievement expectations for their children.
Tables 7 and 8 show, generally, the interviewees’ fathers had higher levels
of educational achievement than mothers with more fathers achieving a college
diploma or more advanced education.
Table 8. Level of father's education by occupation
Occupation
code
| Less than
high
school |
High
school |
Some
college |
College
diploma |
Some
university |
University
degree |
Post
graduate |
| O |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
1 |
|
| A |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
| B |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
| C |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| D |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Total |
8 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
Table 7. Level of mother's education by occupation
Occupation
code
| Less than
high
school |
High
school |
Some
college |
College
diploma |
Some
university |
University
degree |
Post
graduate |
| O |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| A |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
| B |
1 |
2 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
| C |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| D |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Total |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |