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Boys fare worse than their sisters, both behaviorally and educationally, in low socioeconomic-status (SES) households. They have a higher incidence of truancy and behavioral problems throughout elementary and middle school, exhibit higher rates of behavioral and cognitive disability, perform worse on standardized tests, are less likely to graduate high school, and are more likely to commit serious crimes as juveniles.

Topic: Education

Source

Citation: Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes, pp. 33-34

Author(s): Autor, Figlio, Karbownik, Roth, Wasserman

Institution(s): MIT, NBER, Northwestern University, University of Florida

Link: http://economics.mit.edu/files/10864

Nation(s): United States

Year(s): 2015

Source: Primary

Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

Low SES includes: born to low-education/unmarried mothers, raised in low-income neighborhoods, enrolled at poor-quality public schools | “Family disadvantage has no relationship with the sibling gender gap in neonatal health, measured by birth weight, APGAR scores, prenatal care adequacy, congenital anomalies, maternal health, and labor and delivery complications. Although family disadvantage is strongly correlated with schools and neighborhood quality, the SES gradient in the sibling gender gap is almost as large within schools and neighborhoods as between them.”