ERIC Number: EJ1219451
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Educational Policies and Social Inequality in Well-Being among Young Adults
Högberg, Björn
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v40 n5 p664-681 2019
Inequalities in health and well-being are important contemporary public health issues. This article is the first to investigate the institutional causes of inequality in well-being among youth in a comparative perspective. Data from the European Social Survey are used to analyse how educational policies moderate the association between social background and well-being. Multilevel techniques are used to investigate cross-level interactions between social background and educational policies on life satisfaction. Four indicators of inclusive educational policies are analysed: age of tracking, costs of education, enrolment rates, and second-chance opportunities in the educational system. The results show that educational policies indeed moderate the association between social background and well-being: inequalities as measured by the father's social class are smaller in countries where educational policies are more inclusive. Moreover, the analysis shows that the moderating impact of education policies is mediated by individual-level education, activity status, and income.
Descriptors: Social Differences, Well Being, Public Health, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, Income, Socioeconomic Status, Life Satisfaction, Correlation, Costs, Educational Attainment, Fathers, Social Class, Inclusion, Foreign Countries, Social Mobility, Track System (Education), Higher Education, Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Europe
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