LONG-TERM OUTCOMES
Parents’ educational attainments are often related to the socioeconomic status of the family. However, the parents' education in and of itself affected the long-term educational and occupational outcomes of their children, according to the “Merrill Palmer Quarterly.” Researchers interviewed third graders and their parents to collect data on SES and parental educational attainments. Participants were interviewed again when the children were 19, 30 and 48 years old. The educational level of parents when children were 8 years old predicted the
child’s educational and occupationalsuccess at the age of 48. Even in a low-SES setting, parents who had high educational attainments were more likely to have children who also achieved more educationally, which gave the children more occupational options.
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