Advances in Social Behavior Research

Advances in Social Behavior Research

Vol. 3, 01 March 2023

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The Effects of Family Income Inequality and Race and Ethnicity on Student’s Attainment of Postsecondary Education in the U.S. During COVID-19

Xihao Wang * 1
1 Dalton Academy, The Affiliated High School of Peking University, Beijing, China,

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Advances in Humanities Research, Vol. 3, 603-613
Published 01 March 2023. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by EWA Publishing
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Citation Xihao Wang. The Effects of Family Income Inequality and Race and Ethnicity on Student’s Attainment of Postsecondary Education in the U.S. During COVID-19. LNEP (2023) Vol. 3: 603-613. DOI: 10.54254/2753-7048/3/2022612.

Abstract

COVID-19 has taken a toll on the global economy. Researchers in the educational section have focused on the relationship between family income and children’s attainment of postsecondary education and the influence of race and ethnicity on family income and education in the context of COVID-19. This study tries to prove the associations among attainment of postsecondary education, family income, and race and ethnicity with quantitative data gathered from the US Census Bureau. This study finally proposes the possibility that there are some hidden factors, other than race and ethnicity, that affect family income and proves some of the existing associations such as the relationship between family income and attainment of postsecondary education. This study constructs a platform for future scholars to combine and discuss the essential and correlated attainment of postsecondary education, family income, and race and ethnicity as a whole.

Keywords

COVID-19., race, Family income, attainment of postsecondary education, ethnicity

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Educational Innovation and Philosophical Inquiries (ICEIPI 2022), Part II
ISBN (Print)
978-1-915371-09-6
ISBN (Online)
978-1-915371-10-2
Published Date
01 March 2023
Series
Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
ISSN (Print)
2753-7048
ISSN (Online)
2753-7056
DOI
10.54254/2753-7048/3/2022612
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
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