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4.2.4 Cultural background
Coefficients for the cultural background variables show that pupils with one
Norwegian-born and one foreign-born parent achieve better results than
native Norwegians, and that pupils with a western immigrant cultural background
achieve lower grades. Neither of these effects are however significantly
different from zero. The pupils with a non-western immigrant background
achieve the lowest result, but again, the coefficients are not significantly
different from zero. It can however be shown that the scores of pupils
with a mixed background is significantly higher than the scores of either of
the pure immigrant categories. Figure (12) show the expected result by
cultural background, controlling for the other factors.
Figure 12: Pupils’ average achievement by cultural background
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This chapter has described the correlation between parents’ socioeconomic
factors (education, employment and cultural background) and children’s
academic achievement in three subjects (mathematics, Norwegian and
English). The analyses show a positive association between parental socioeconomic
status and children’s academic performance. The next chapter
deals with the effect of domestic assistance with homework, as a mediating
factor between parents’ socioeconomic status and children’s academic
performance.
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