NDLI: Socio-economic status, cultural diversity and the aspirations of secondary students in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne, Australia

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Bowden, Mark P. Doughney, James
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Using data from a recent survey of Australian secondary students, we find that those from higher socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to aspire to attend university. The same can be said for students who do not speak English at home. We find that students with an ethnic minority background are more likely to perceive higher levels of support from parents. However, we find that all students believe they receive encouragement from their parents to do well at school (rather than discouragement or disinterest), and that there is little difference in the level of importance placed on the views of parents between students from English and non-English speaking background. While interest in university education is strong across all socio-economic groups, particularly for students who do not speak English at home, there is a considerable gap between aspirations and enrolment levels. We suggest that this ‘aspirations gap’ is larger for students from low socio-economic backgrounds. This analysis also supports growing evidence that the postcode methodology for allocating socio-economic status to individuals is unreliable.
Starting Page	115
Ending Page	129
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00181560
Journal	Higher Education
Volume Number	59
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	1573174X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-05-15
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Aspirations Higher education Inequality Socio-economic status Ethnic background Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Law

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