Parental education is not related to whether children are tracked immediately or delayed¶

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Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? The percentage of children with delayed tracking hovers around 27.0% across parental-education levels. → Antonie Knigge 2022

Evidence¶

Antonie Knigge 2022¶

Antonie Knigge, Ineke Maas, Kim Stienstra, Eveline L. de Zeeuw and Dorret I. Boomsma. (2022). Delayed tracking and inequality of opportunity: Gene-environment interactions in educational attainment. npj Science of Learning 7:6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00122-1

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Selection analysis (Table 3) of tracking choice by parental education in the twin sample, tested with a Rao–Scott corrected chi-square test (p = 0.111, not significant). The article reports delayed tracking "hoovers around the average of 27.0%" across parental-education categories, providing reassurance that parental SES does not confound the main association.

"No matter what the education of parents, the percentage of children with delayed tracking hoovers around the average of 27.0% (from low to high parental education: 23.5%, 27.1%, 29.3%, 25.9%)."

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