Образовательный выбор учащихся после 9-го и 11-го классов: сравнение первичных и вторичных эффектов социально-экономического положения семьи

Журнал исследований социальной политики. 2019. Т. 17. № 4. С. 539–554.

Khavenson T., Chirkina T.

In this paper, we study the relationship between family characteristics and the choice of an educational trajectory in high school. We explore three situations of educational choice: the choice between academic and vocational education after grades 9th (middle to high school transition) and 11th (postsecondary) as well as the choice between selective and non-selective university at the postsecondary educational choice. In accordance with R.Budon’s theory we explore primary and secondary effects of family’s socioeconomic status (SES). Primary effects are expressed via association between family’s SES and educational achievements. Secondary effects are expressed via association between students SES and their educational choices directly. The work is based on the data of the longitudinal project "Trajectories in Education and Careers". It was launched in 2011, when respondents studied in the 8th grade, and continues to these days. The dataset provide variables on the wide range of achievement, family’s SES and other important information proxies. For achievement TIMSS mathematics and USE in Russian language were used. The results showed that the primary effects reduce from the 9th to the 11th grades education choice, while the role of secondary effects increase. Even high achieving students from families with a low level of cultural, educational, and social capital chose less selective institutions. Conversely, students from families with high SES, but low academic achievements, will make a choice in favor of higher education. Conclusions are made about the degree of accessibility during transition into the high school and higher education, as well as the probable causes of the manifestation of inequality.

Keywords: образовательный выбор, социально-экономическое положение, educational choice, TREC, educational trajectories, образовательные переходы, неравенство в образовании, social inequality in education, ТрОП, SES and achievement, direct and indirect SES effect on educational choice, социально-экономическое положение и успеваемость

Publication based on the results of: The characteristics of teachers and schools, educational results of students and the choice of educational trajectories in the context of social inequality (2018)