Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Soc Sci Res. 2020 Jan;85:102364. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.102364. Epub 2019 Oct 5.
Mexican-origin families face complex ethnic and immigration-based barriers to enrollment in early childhood education programs. As such, reducing barriers to enrollment for this population requires a better understanding of how Mexican-origin families work with, against, or around both general and group-specific constraints on educational opportunities. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, this study tailored broad social theory to the experience of Mexican-origin families to examine associations between human capital considerations and early childhood education enrollment within this population. Results supported the hypothesis that human capital considerations would be associated with early childhood care and education and provide limited evidence for the expectation that this link would be stronger for Mexican-origin families.
墨西哥裔美国家庭在注册儿童早期教育项目时面临着复杂的种族和移民障碍。因此，要减少这一人群的入学障碍，就需要更好地了解墨西哥裔美国家庭如何应对、克服或规避一般和特定群体对教育机会的限制。本研究利用儿童早期纵向研究-出生队列，将广泛的社会理论应用于墨西哥裔美国家庭的经验，以检验该人群中人力资本考虑因素与儿童早期教育注册之间的关联。结果支持了人力资本考虑因素与儿童早期保育和教育相关的假设，并为预期这一联系在墨西哥裔美国家庭中更为强烈的观点提供了有限的证据。
