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Direct linkIzquierdo-Gomez, Rocio; Marques, Alexandre – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Objectives: The aim was to examine the association of potential socioeconomic indicators with obesity and physical fitness components in south Brazilian adolescents with Down syndrome. Methods: This study comprised a total of 1249 (669 boys) adolescents with Down syndrome aged 10 to 20 with complete baseline data. Socioeconomic indicators were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Down Syndrome, Socioeconomic Status
Dias Lopes, Alice – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
This paper aims to understand the effect of international mobility in higher education on Brazilian education inequality by examining the Science Without Borders programme for undergraduate students. The SWB aimed to award 101,000 scholarships for Brazilian undergraduate students to conduct part of their studies in a foreign university between…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Study Abroad, Educational Attainment, Parent Background
Guimaraes, Juliana; Sampaio, Breno – Education Economics, 2013
This paper examines the determinants of students' performance on the entrance test at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil. Particular attention is paid to the importance of family background variables, such as parents' education and family income, on students' performance and how they relate to the probability of attending public schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Tutoring, Foreign Countries, Probability
Rindermann, Heiner; Ceci, Stephen J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2018
In 19 (sub)samples from seven countries (United States, Austria, Germany, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Vietnam, Brazil), we analyzed the impact of parental education compared with wealth on the cognitive ability of children (aged 4-22 years, total N = 15,297). The background of their families ranged from poor indigenous remote villagers to academic…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Parent Child Relationship, Intelligence
Torche, Florencia – Sociology of Education, 2010
Research in the industrialized world shows that the influence of family background on educational attainment has remained stable or declined over time. In contrast, very little is known about the developing world. Using high-quality data sets and a standard protocol, this article offers a comparative analysis of trends in educational…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Socioeconomic Status, Family Income, Family Characteristics
