Parental Education, Parental Death, Poverty and Socio-economic Impact on School Attendance Status of Children in India

Abstract

Parental education plays an important link for intergenerational mobility. Parental education is, ofcourse, one aspect of family background that influences children’s subsequent achievement as adults.The general view is that the higher educated parents provide adequate environment, which facilitatestheir children’s opportunities for educational attainments. There is also a positive relationship betweenparental education, especially mother’s education, and educational attainment of children. Corwyn andBradely (2002) found that maternal education had the most consistent direct influence on children’scognitive and behavioural outcomes with some indirect influence through a cognitively stimulating homeenvironment.