Gender, Family Socioeconomic Status, and Parental Influences on Adolescents' Attitudes Toward Immigrants: The Case of Korea

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Fourteen
  In Roundtable Session: Student Immigrant Educational Dilemmas: Various Perceptions (Table 15)

Abstract

This study examines South Korean students’ attitudes toward immigrants, using nationally representative data from 6,650 students in 188 schools. The results unsurprisingly showed some stratification by family socioeconomic status (SES). However, what was surprising is that girls and boys in shared SES levels had differing views of immigrants. Girls with high and middle family SES are more likely to have positive attitudes toward immigrants, whereas boys with middle and low SES are less likely to hold positive attitudes toward immigrants. Parental attitudes toward immigrants are positively related to students’ attitudes. Policymakers and educators should understand the differences among students, as well as the significant role parents play, as they work to foster positive attitudes toward immigrants.

Author

• Seong Won Han, University at Buffalo - SUNY
  Presenting Author