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29-02-2024 | Original Paper

An Analysis of Individual, Parental, and Family Determinants of Gifted Placement among Children of Immigrants – Evidence from the 2014 SIPP Data

Auteurs: Trang Pham, Claire E. Altman

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies

Abstract

This study provided an innovative analysis of placement into gifted educational programs among children of immigrants. Leveraging the immigration module of the 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), we constructed a novel measure of parents’ nativity and immigration statuses. Connecting research on gifted education and immigration, our study examined factors associated with the gifted placement of children of immigrants, such as a child’s demographics, parental and family characteristics, and, most notably, parents’ nativity and immigration statuses. We found disproportionate representation of children of immigrants in gifted and talented programs, whereby children from families with higher-than-average incomes, White and Asian children, were overrepresented, and Hispanic children were underrepresented. Our findings also showed that children in families with two foreign-born parents had lower odds of gifted placement than children of one foreign-born and one US-born parent (mixed-nativity parents). Among the two foreign-born parent families, we found variations in children’s gifted placement across different parental immigration status compositions, specifically between those with two naturalized parents versus other children of immigrants. Moreover, our gender heterogeneity test showed that girls have higher odds of gifted placement than boys, which was opposite to what was previously known in the gifted education literature and suggests differential parental attention on children’s education in immigrant families.

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Titel: An Analysis of Individual, Parental, and Family Determinants of Gifted Placement among Children of Immigrants – Evidence from the 2014 SIPP Data
Auteurs: Trang Pham
Claire E. Altman
Publicatiedatum: 29-02-2024
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02802-5

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