Maatschappelijke participatie van ouders en de cognitieve en niet-cognitieve onderwijspositie van hun kinderen

Abstract

In this paper various aspects of societal participation such as cultural, political and labour participation are viewed as indicators of integration into society. On the basis of theoretical notions of Bourdieu and Coleman regarding social and cultural capital it is assumed that the more parents participate in society the better this is for their children's educational functioning. To test this hypothesis descriptive and multilevel analyses were performed on data from 10,680 grade 2 pupils at 583 Dutch primary schools. The results showed that after controlling for socioeconomic and ethnic family background characteristics only effects of cultural participation on language and math achievement remain. No effects on noncognitive aspects such as social position, well-being and self-esteem were found.