Perspectives of Jamaican parents and their secondary school children on the value of education: Effects of selected variables on parents’ perspectives |
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| Institution: | 1. The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI 02904, USA;2. Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy St., Providence, RI 02903, USA;3. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, 222 Richmond St., Providence, RI 02903, USA;4. Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, 1165 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461, USA;5. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461, USA;6. Bridgewater State University, 131 Summer St., Bridgewater, MA 02324, USA;7. SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA;1. Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina;2. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina |
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| Abstract: | Education in the Caribbean is perceived as the route to social mobility, but research suggests that a low value is attached to education in Jamaica. This research is designed to ascertain the value that parents and their children attending secondary school in Jamaica attach to education. Multivariate statistical analysis was used. The findings revealed that both parents and their children value education for instrumental purposes and, while age and employment status made no difference to the parents' value of education, there was a statistically significant difference in value of education between parents with children attending different school types. |
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| Keywords: | Jamaica Value Education Parents Students Secondary |
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