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Follow us Educational Expectations of Asian-American Youth: Determinants and Ethnic Differences
Goyette, Kimberly, and Yu Xie. 1999. "Educational Expectations of Asian-American Youth: Determinants and Ethnic Differences." Sociology of Education, 72: 24-38.
The study presented here explored three factors that may explain why distinct Asian American groups have higher educational expectations than do whites: favorable socioeconomic and background characteristics, demonstrated academic ability, and parents' high expectations. With data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study, the authors used linear and logistic multivariate regression models to examine these differences in educational expectations.
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