RT Conference Proceedings
T1 An international analysis of parental school preferences.
A1 Jerrim, John
A1 Prieto-Latorre, Claudia
A1 López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro
A1 Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David
K1 Educación - Aspectos sociales
K1 Familia y enseñanza
AB Parents are concerned about their children’s educational progress, and thus school choice has an important role in parenting. This research analyses the features when choosing a school in the countries participating in the Programme for International Students Assessment between 2009 and 2018.  Specifically, this study seeks to understand whether there are variation in mothers and fathers school preferences related to school safety, school climate, reputation, finance and academic standards. Ordinal logistic regressions illustrate that mothers are more likely to indicate that a school environment is important when selecting a school compared to fathers. Specifically, this difference is larger in Western regions. In addition, we did not identify meaningful parental differences between sons and daughters. In light of these findings, it would be useful to collect data from both mother and father, particularly in the areas where their opinions are more likely to differ.
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27205
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27205
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026