Research Article

Logics of Educational Stratification: A Cross-National Map of Educational Inequality

Table 1

Effects of families’ economic, educational, and migration status on individuals’ educational achievement in Germany.

PISA 2003PISA 2006PISA 2009
ScienceReadingMathematicsScienceReadingMathematicsScienceReadingMathematics

Home possessions 32.85*** (1.65) 31.81*** 1.58) 30.31*** (1.62) 19.84*** (1.55) 23.32*** (1.69) 23.37*** (1.52) 26.61*** (1.78) 24.00*** (1.68) 24.74*** (1.76)
Highest parental educational status 13.87*** (0.92) 10.74*** (0.87) 11.20*** (0.90) 14.91*** (0.86) 15.07*** (0.95) 13.42*** (0.85) 9.20*** (0.94) 9.30*** (0.89) 7.87*** (0.93)
Native57.05*** (3.96)55.05*** (3.77)44.90*** (3.87)65.20*** (3.77)55.52*** (4.13)49.83*** (3.71)53.89*** (3.76)40.31*** (2.54)46.02*** (3.71)
Female pupils−12.00*** (2.56)35.96*** (2.44)−14.53*** (2.51)−4.48(2.54)44.71*** (2.78)−17.33*** (2.50)−10.35*** (2.59)29.30*** (2.44)−16.67*** (2.56)
Constant403.5*** (4.39)383.5*** (4.19)426.4*** (4.30)398.4*** (5.01)362.1*** (5.49)411.7*** (4.94)405.31*** (5.14)393.86*** (4.85)425.87*** (5.09)

adj. 𝑅 2 0.29 0.29 0.24 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.23 0.22
𝑁 4,0384,0384,0384,4524,4524,4524,2334,2334,233

Note: significant effects: < 0.1, * 𝑃 < . 0 5 ,  ** 𝑃 < . 0 1 ,  *** 𝑃 < . 0 0 1 ; standard errors in brackets.