Magnuson Katherine, Waldfogel Jane
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Columbia University.
AERA Open. 2016 Apr-Jun;2(2). doi: 10.1177/2332858416648933. Epub 2016 May 16.
We use data from the 1968-2013 October Current Population Survey to document trends in 3- and 4-year-old children's enrollment in center-based early childhood education, focusing on gaps in enrollment among children from low-, middle-, and high-income families. We find that income-related gaps in enrollment widened in the 1970s and 1980s but appear to have plateaued or narrowed for succeeding cohorts. These patterns are consistent with recent trends in income-related gaps in school achievement.
我们使用1968 - 2013年10月当期人口调查的数据,记录3至4岁儿童进入中心式幼儿教育机构的入学趋势,重点关注低收入、中等收入和高收入家庭儿童在入学方面的差距。我们发现,入学方面与收入相关的差距在20世纪70年代和80年代有所扩大,但在随后的队列中似乎已趋于平稳或缩小。这些模式与学业成绩方面与收入相关差距的近期趋势一致。