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- Title
Parental Perceptions of Children's Schooling in Urban Squatter Families in Bangladesh.
- Authors
Hossain, Ziarat
- Abstract
SYNOPSIS: Objective. This paper examines parents' perceptions of their school-age male and female children's performance in nine domains of school work and SES factors that are associated with fathers' and mothers' perceptions of children's academic performance in urban squatter (baste) families in Bangladesh. Design. Fathers and mothers from 120 two-parent families with an elementary school-age child (M = 9.08 years) participated in the study. Fathers and mothers were interviewed separately in their homes. Results. Fathers and mothers did not differ in reporting male and female children's school performance in all nine areas of school work, and both male and female children performed equally well. Fathers' education was positively associated with their perceptions of children's commitment to school, peer interactions, and math and reading skills; child age showed a positive association with children's participation in school activities; and the number of children in the family was negatively related to children's math skills. Mothers' education and marital satisfaction were positively linked to children's asking for academic help, and mothers' age and children's age were positively associated with children's participation in school work. Marital satisfaction was positively related to children's performance in math and reading. Conclusions. Findings are discussed with regard to parents' changing views on gender roles, the importance of children's education, and early childhood development in squatter families. The policy implications of the findings are to buttress parents' involvement in their children's education in squatter families in the majority world countries.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; READING; GENDER role; MATHEMATICS; FATHERS' attitudes; MOTHERS; AFFINITY groups; ATTITUDES of mothers; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; AGE distribution; MARITAL satisfaction; ACADEMIC achievement; METROPOLITAN areas; FAMILY structure; FATHERS; SCHOOL children; CHILD development; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; COMMITMENT (Psychology); INTERPERSONAL relations; EDUCATIONAL attainment
- Publication
Parenting: Science & Practice, 2025, Vol 25, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1529-5192
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/15295192.2024.2425699