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ERIC Number: EJ1214166
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Sep
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2354-2160
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Differential Parental Social Capital Investment in Children's Education: Research Evidence
Kuranchie, Alfred; Addo, Hillar
African Educational Research Journal, v5 n3 p207-214 Sep 2017
When parents bring forth children, they perceive and act on their upbringing. However, some children live with and are brought up by non-biological parents. The phenomenon of children living with non-biological parents has been a long standing practice in most societies, yet little comparative research interest had been shown to examine the involvement of real and pseudo parents in children's education. The study sought to fill the lacuna by examining differential family social capital investment in children's education. Cross-sectional survey was utilised to study children from three geographical settings and data was gathered from administration of survey instrument. Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS), version 20, was used to analyse the data. Several findings emerged from the study. Firstly, the study unveiled moderate manifestation of social capital in the families of the study subjects. Secondly, there was a relatively high rate of pseudo parenting, which means that a good percent of the children were not living with their real parents. Thirdly, the results revealed that pseudo parents did not commit much time and energy into their wards' education as much as the real or biological parents did for their children. Fourthly, parents residing in urban centres tended to socially invest more in their children's education as opposed to their counterparts in the other communities. Consequently, parents, irrespective of their status and community of residence, are urged to demonstrate much interest and participate in their children's education.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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