父母教育程度差距對小孩教育的影響

本文係採用2000年全台普查資料，主要探討父親與母親的差距對小孩的影響，其中父母差距採用其受訪當時最高學歷相互比較，對小孩的影響則觀察其升高中及大學的機率及占整體平均之比例。資料選取設定在16~24歲(高中)及19~24歲(大學)，因樣本豐富，故直接採用一般最小平方法(OLS)進行分析。研究結果顯示不論有無將樣本分群討論，父親教育程度大於、等於母親都對小孩升學有正向且顯著的影響，又以對小孩升高中的影響較大，另外，統計結果顯示父親教育程度大於、等於母親的比例高達86%。顯示在台灣社會中，男性與女性的差距為正較被大眾所接受，且這樣的家庭結構可能使家庭更安定，進而對小孩有正向的影響。

關鍵字

父母教育差距；父親教育程度；母親教育程度；教育成就

並列摘要

This paper uses 2000 census in Taiwan to discuss the impact of the gap between a father and a mother on children’s outcome. I measure the parental education gap by comparing their highest education level. Children’s educational outcomes are using the probability of entering a high school or a university. Because that the sample size of census is rich, this study employ Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method directly. The results showed that regardless of whether we assort the sample or not, father's education level is greater than or equal to the mother’s having a positive and significant impact on a child’s probability of going to a high school or a university, especially the high school. In addition, statistics showed that the proportion of higher father's education level than mother’s is about 86%. Due to this, we know that in Taiwanese society, the positive gap between fathers and mothers may make families more stable, and thus have a positive impact on the child.