Review of: Johann Bacher, Martina Beham, Norbert Lachmayr (Hg.): Geschlechterunterschiede in der Bildungswahl. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2008

Authors

  • Gabriele Bellenberg Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institut für Pädagogik, Lehrstuhl für Schulforschung und Schulpädagogik

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/701

Keywords:

Bildung, Jugend, Schule, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

The study at hand delivers a new Austrian contribution to the explanation of the gender differences behind education choices, despite its statistical orientation and the resulting linguistic unwieldiness. The study concentrates on the transition between levels of education. It also disproves widely accepted prejudices, for example in that it proves that children raised by single mothers do not display any education-related disadvantages. The study shows that in pursuing the question of educational inequality, gender only plays a secondary role to social background.

Published

2009-03-26

Issue

Section

Schwerpunkt