ABSTRACT

This paper examines the different forms of family capital in the context of parental involvement in children’s schooling. This paper has three-fold goals. First, it ascertains the level of parental involvement of Filipino parents as perceived by the parents themselves and their children. Second, it investigates the impacts of various forms of capital on parental involvement. Third, it determines which type of capital will have a significant impact on parental involvement. This paper is based on a survey among elementary and secondary students and their parents of purposively selected 29 elementary and secondary schools in the Philippines. These schools were selected as they were part of a corporate social responsibility project. This paper concludes that parental involvement among parents from low-income households is generally low. Parents are relatively more involved in parenting for education. Results of the multiple regression analysis reveal that membership in CCT (Conditional Cash Transfer), participation in community activities, parent’s level of education, and family size predicted parental involvement. The results point to the idea that parents with better social and human capital are likely the ones who will be more involved in their children’s education.

摘要

本文探讨了父母参与儿童教育背景下的不同形式的家庭资本。本文有三个目标。首先，它确定了菲律宾父母本人及其子女认为的父母参与程度。其次，研究了不同形式的资本对父母参与的影响。第三，它决定了哪种类型的资本会对父母的参与产生重大影响。本文是基于对菲律宾29所中小学学生及其家长的调查而得出的。这些学校被选中是因为它们是企业社会责任项目的一部分。本文的结论是，低收入家庭父母的父母参与度普遍较低。家长相对更多地参与育儿教育。多元回归分析的结果表明，CCT（有条件现金转移支付）的成员资格、社区活动的参与程度、家长的教育水平和家庭规模可以预测家长的参与程度。结果表明，拥有更好社会资本和人力资本的父母可能会更多地参与孩子的教育。