Dissertation Information for Danial G. Solorzario NAME: - Danial G. Solorzario
- (Alias) David G. Solorzano
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Educational Psychology
SCHOOL:
- Claremont Graduate University (USA) (1986)
ADVISORS: - None COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - None
MPACT Status: Incomplete - Inspected
Title: A STUDY OF SOCIAL MOBILITY VALUES: THE DETERMINANTS OF CHICANO PARENTS' OCCUPATIONAL EXPECTATIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN
Abstract: The goal of the dissertation was to build an explanatory model of parent's social mobility values for their children. Two questions emerged from the literature on social inequality relevant to a Chicano population. They are: (1) What do socioeconomic, cultural, discrimination, and demographic variables contribute to the variation in parents' occupational expectations for their oldest child? (2) What socioeconomic, cultural, discrimination, and demographic variables distinguish between parents who express a specific occupational expectation (i.e., substantive) from those who responded with "whatever the child wants" (i.e., non-substantive)? Data from a national random sample of 418 Chicano parents were used.
With the Wisconsin status attainment model as a guide, a social structure "life chances" hypothesis, and a "cultural determinant" hypothesis were used to answer the primary research question. Analysis of the data showed that, of those parents who gave a specific response, 64% expressed a high status occupational expectation for their child. These high expectations were not compatible with the current perception of Chicano parents. A step-wise multiple regression analysis showed that structural variables, i.e., sex of the child, family size, and parents' education, were related to the variance in parents' occupational expectations. No cultural or discrimination variables entered the equation. Additional analyses of interaction effects were performed for each combination of parent and child, and for additional control variables.
A social structural "life chances" hypothesis was partially confirmed by these analyses. However, a "cultural determinant" model was not supported.
In answering the second research question, analysis showed that 38% of the parents expressed the non-substantive response, "whatever the child wants," while 62% gave a "substantive" or specific response for their child's occupational expectations. The study tried to identify those independent variables that separate these two parental responses. Parent's language use, parents' perception of institutional discrimination, and parents' perception of sexual discrimination were related to whether a parent gave a non-substantive response. These analyses partially confirmed Kohn's hypothesis.
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MPACT Scores for Danial G. Solorzario A = 0
C = 2
A+C = 2
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