Entry:

Kalmijn, Matthijs, "Mother's Occupational Status and Children's Schooling," American Sociological Review, 59 (April, 1994), 257-275.


Abstract:

People whose mother worked are more likely to receive more education than people whose mother remained at home. This may function to reduce intergenerational mobility of families as it had been previously studied using only father's education.

GSS Years:

1972-1991

Other Data Sets:

NSFH 1987-1988

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
SPREL16

RELIGION IN WHICH SPOUSE RAISED

RELIG16

RELIGION IN WHICH RAISED

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

SPEDUC

"HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED

MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

AGEWED

AGE WHEN FIRST MARRIED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

SPREL

SPOUSES RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE