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Yan, Wenjing; Yang, Kairong; Wang, Qiuling; You, Xuqun; Kong, Feng – Youth & Society, 2021
This study aimed at examining the relationships among subjective family socioeconomic status (FSES), self-esteem (SE), social support (SS), and life satisfaction (LS) in two independent samples of Chinese adolescents. In Study 1, 510 adolescents were asked to complete a multi-section questionnaire. The mediation analyses indicated that subjective…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Family Income, Life Satisfaction, Adolescents
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Ye, Lu; Yuan, Yuqing – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
Non-cognitive factors are considered critical aspects in shaping students' academic achievement. This study aims to analyze and explore the mechanisms of the influence of noncognitive factors on 15-year-old students' abilities in China and the United States. Based on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 education dataset,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Zhang, Yu; Zhou, Xuehan – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of household education expenditure on National College Entrance Exam (NCEE) performance in China. Using a comprehensive dataset with a sample size of 5840 students collected in Jinan, China, this study found that the average effect of household education expenditure on NCEE performance is not…
Descriptors: Expenditures, College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Foreign Countries
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Zhang, Wei – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2014
As in other parts of the world, private tutoring has expanded significantly in Mainland China during the past decade. This has been driven by factors including dramatic economic growth, high-stakes examinations, and the traditions of a Confucian culture at the macro-level, and school leadership and family incomes, at the micro-level. This paper…
Descriptors: Power Structure, High School Students, Teacher Role, Case Studies
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Song, Yingquan; Loyalka, Prashant; Wei, Jianguo – Chinese Education and Society, 2013
This article analyzes rural middle school students' tracking intentions (academic high school, vocational high school, or going to work), actual education choices, and the factors affecting them, using a random sampled baseline survey and follow-up survey of 2,216 second-year students residing outside of county seats in forty-one impoverished…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Rural Schools, Rural Areas
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Xie, Bin; Chou, Chih-Ping; Spruijt-Metz, Donna; Reynolds, Kim; Clark, Florence; Palmer, Paula H.; Gallaher, Peggy; Sun, Ping; Guo, Qian; Johnson, C. Anderson – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2007
Objective: To investigate overweight prevalence and socio-demographic and economic correlates in Chinese adolescents. Methods: Weight, height, waist circumference, and socio-demographic and economic variables of 6863 middle and high school students were measured. Results: 10% of girls and 17% of boys were overweight. Waist circumference and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Health Programs, Public Health, Adolescents