Describe the findings of Blau and Duncan with regard to the relationship between family background, education, and career success.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Family background through education. The main effect of family background (i.e., the background variables taken together) is its influence on education, which, in turn, contributes to career success (14% of total variance). In other words, rich kids generally get good educations; poor kids normally do not. 2. Family background independently. Family background also has a smaller, independent effect on son’s SES (7%). This refers, for example, to the father who uses his connections to help his child find a job or get him into the electricians union, but also to the negative effects of racial discrimination on Blacks. 3. Education independently. Education has a substantial independent effect (21%). This tells us that educational achievement does more than just reflect the privileges or disadvantages of family background. Some rich kids flunk out and lose the career enhancing benefits of education. Some not-so-rich kids graduate from college and get a big career boost.
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