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Xie, Sha; Wu, Dandan; Liang, Luyao – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: Since 2011, China has started to loosen its tight on the One-child Policy (OCP), which has impacted parent's child-rearing beliefs and the provision of home learning environment that constitutes family environment. Utilizing parent-reported data on 4,364 zero- to eight-year-olds from the China Family Panel Study (CFPS, wave…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Profiles, Predictor Variables, Family Structure
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Deveci, Ceyda Çavusoglu; Ersen, Rabia Karatoprak – International Education Studies, 2022
Success is a concept that is desired by everyone. In the Turkish education system, Anatolian high schools are considered one of the most prestigious schools which accept students via national central exams. The purpose of this study is to reveal indicators explaining the placement into Anatolian high schools, which is an important sign of success,…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Family Income, Mothers, Grade Point Average
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Sothan, Seng – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Internationally, there has been considerable literature on the predictors of academic performance in higher education. However, the empirical findings are still limited in Cambodia; therefore, this paper was conducted to examine the determinants of academic performance of 329 undergraduate students selected from a university in Cambodia. Based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Undergraduate Students, High Schools
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Yamashita, Takashi; López, Erick B.; Keene, Jennifer R.; Kinney, Jennifer M. – Educational Gerontology, 2015
Lifelong learning is receiving greater attention due to population aging in modern societies. Lifelong learning benefits individuals by supporting their physical, psychological, social, and economic well-being. However, older adults generally have lower motivation for learning than younger adults, and facilitating long-term participation in…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Adult Education, Older Adults, Lifelong Learning
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Bojczyk, Kathryn E.; Rogers-Haverback, Heather; Pae, Hye; Davis, Anna E.; Mason, Rihana S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Children from different backgrounds have disparate access to cultural capital, which may influence their academic success. The purpose of this study was to examine the links between family background, home literacy experiences, and emergent literacy skills among preschoolers enrolled in Head Start programmes. The background characteristics studied…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Family Characteristics, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment
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Ihmeideh, Fathi Mahmoud – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
It has been widely recognised that fathers can play a key role in the development and well-being of young children. In many cases, however, fathers still have limited involvement in the early years education of their children and their voices are as yet unheard. This study examined the beliefs and practices of Jordanian fathers of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Kindergarten
Trocchio, Jennie S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of change in parental stress (including parent and child factors), depression, and interaction style in parents of toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), exposed to two types of early intervention (EI) programs, PLAY and Community Standard (CS). This study utilized secondary data of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Multivariate Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Gandelman, Nestor; Piani, Giorgina – Social Indicators Research, 2013
In this paper we use data from a population survey on quality of life dimensions conducted in Uruguay to analyze the self reported well-being among workers and non workers. Along with the literature, we find that the probability of being happy is greater for workers than non-workers. Specifically, we find evidence that workers tend to be more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Size, Family Characteristics, Life Satisfaction
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Suizzo, Marie-Anne; Stapleton, Laura M. – Educational Psychology, 2007
This study investigated the contributions of maternal education and ethnicity to three dimensions of home-based parental involvement in young children's education and development: parental expectations about educational attainment, children's activities at home and outside the home, and family routines. Controlling for family background variables…
Descriptors: Young Children, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Ethnicity
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Howell, Colleen J.; Howell, Ryan T.; Schwabe, Kurt A. – Social Indicators Research, 2006
Recent studies investigating need theory and the extent to which money can buy happiness have called for more research within culturally homogeneous samples from developing countries to explore this relationship. We examine wealth as a measure of possessions and savings and relate this to subjective well-being (SWB) among poor indigenous farmers…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Economically Disadvantaged, Indigenous Populations, Agricultural Occupations