Chapter Determinants of the transition to upper secondary school: differences between immigrants and Italians

• Glavni autor: Frederic, Patrizio (auth)
• Daljnji autori: Lalla, Michele (auth)
• Format: Elektronički Poglavlje knjige
• Jezik: engleski
• Izdano: Florence Firenze University Press 2021
• Serija: Proceedings e report 132
• Teme: Social research & statistics; Lower-to-upper; secondary transition; school-to-work; transition; educational inequality; parents' effects on education; Lasso method
• Online pristup: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

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The determinants of the transition from lower secondary to upper secondary school of Italian and immigrant teenagers (16-19 age range) were identified joining the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and the Italian Survey on Income and Living Conditions of Families with Immigrants in Italy (IM-SILC) for 2009. A set of individual, family, and contextual characteristics was selected through the Lasso method and a Bayesian approach to explain the choice of upper secondary schooling (yes/no). The transition from the low secondary to upper secondary school showed a complex pattern involving many variables: compared to men, women did not prove to have any differences, many components of income entered the model in a parabolic form, education level and income of parents proved to be very important, as was their occupation. The contextual factors revealed their importance: the latter included the degree of urbanisation, the South macro-region, household tenure status, the amount of optional technological equipment, and so on. Differences between Italians and immigrants disappeared when family background and parental characteristics were taken into account.

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1 electronic resource (6 p.)

ISBN

978-88-5518-461-8.04
9788855184618

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Open Access