Intergenerational Education Mobility Trends by Race and Gender in the United States

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Joseph Ferrare, University of Washington Bothell

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Project Citation: 

Ferrare, Joseph. Intergenerational Education Mobility Trends by Race and Gender in the United States. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-08-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E111586V1

Project Description

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Researchers have examined racial and gender patterns of intergenerational education mobility, but less attention has been given to the ways that race and gender interact to further shape these relationships. Based on data from the General Social Survey, this study examined the trajectories of education mobility among Blacks and Whites by gender over the past century. Ordinary least squares and logistic regression models revealed three noteworthy patterns. First, Black men and women have closed substantial gaps with their White counterparts in intergenerational education mobility. At relatively low levels of parental education, these gains have been experienced equally among Black men and women. However, Black men are most disadvantaged at the highest levels of parental education relative to Black women and Whites in general. Finally, the advantages in education mobility experienced by White men in the early and midpart of the 20th century have largely eroded. White women, in contrast, have made steady gains in education mobility across a variety of parental education levels.
 

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Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms General Social Survey
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1972 – 2014
Universe:  View help for Universe Non-institutionalized U.S. adults
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes see General Social Survey website: https://gss.norc.org

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Data Source:  View help for Data Source General Social Survey: https://gss.norc.org

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