Sibling en scholing: het effect van geslacht en van gezinssamenstelling op geletterdheid in Nederland in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw

During the nineteenth century illiteracy declined to the level of almost non-existence. Much attention has already been paid to how a child's life circumstances affect his or her ability to write. Most research does not go beyond the household or aggregate level. This study aims to explore differences in literacy within a household. We expected literacy to be much higher among sons and children with a lower birth order. More boys are literate than girls, and especially in large families the oldest children are advantaged. However, we found girls to be more literate when they had older sisters. We therefore believe there are different gender specific mechanisms at work which can explain literacy variations within a household.

Jaar van publicatie:2009

Toegankelijkheid:Open