Religion and parental involvement in the education of Hispanics.
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Title
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Religion and parental involvement in the education of Hispanics.
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Identifier
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AAI9912609
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identifier
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9912609
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Creator
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Pantoja, Segundo Serafin.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Mauricio Font
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Date
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1998
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies | Religion, General | Education, Sociology of | Sociology, Individual and Family Studies
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Abstract
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The dissertation provides a comparative study of Catholic and Conservative Protestant Hispanic---mostly immigrant---parents with children in public and religious schools in New York City. Based on the analysis of secondary sources and original data obtained through a survey and in-depth interviews, the study treats religion as an independent variable in relation to certain aspects of education---e.g., parental involvement and attitudes. The findings document that religion constitutes an educational resource, and show that religion has complex effects---net of other socioeconomic variables, such as parental schooling---on parental involvement and attitudes on discipline, as well as on attitudes toward public and religious schools. Religion was found to influence the quantity and quality of parental involvement. On a scale of eight secular indicators, Catholics show a higher level of parental involvement than Conservative Protestants. Paradoxically---within an otherwise positive role of religion on parental involvement---highly committed Protestants who are new to, their faith score the lowest of all religious groups. On the other hard Conservative Protestants score higher than Catholics on a liberal-to-conservative scale on disciplinary views. Respondents, whether Catholic or Protestant, indicate that money is the greatest obstacle for parents willing to enroll their children in religious schools. However, Protestants show greater satisfaction with public schools.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
