%0 Journal Article
%T The influences of family background and structural factors on children¡¯s academic performances: A cross
%A Mengjie Lyu
%A Wangyang Li
%A Yu Xie
%J Chinese Journal of Sociology
%@ 2057-1518
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2057150X19837908
%X It is well known that children¡¯s academic performances are affected by both their family backgrounds and contextual or structural factors such as the urban¨Crural difference and regional variation. This article evaluates the relative importance of family background versus structural factors in determining children¡¯s academic achievements across three different societies: China, the United States of America, and Germany, analyzing data from five large-scale, high-quality, and nationally representative data sets. The results reveal two main findings: (a) family socioeconomic status exerts much stronger positive effects on children¡¯s academic achievement in the USA and Germany than in China; and (b) structural factors (such as those measured by location and urban/rural residence) play much smaller roles in the USA and Germany than in China
%K Academic achievement
%K family SES
%K structural factors
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2057150X19837908