The relationship between persistence in school and home conditions . YRS 2 46 8 IO 12 14 l6 l8 20 Fig. 5.—Education of Fathers and Sons: Years of Schooling between the medians, 8. 45 years for the fathers and 8. 60 years for thesons, is only o. 15=*= year (Fig. 5). When these comparative sur-faces of frequency are examined, it is seen that a few more fathers areat the lower end and a few more sons at the upper end. When the char-acter of the school work completed by both groups is taken into consid- PERSISTENCE IN SCHOOL AND HOME CONDITIONS 5* eration, it must be admitted that the present
The relationship between persistence in school and home conditions . YRS 2 46 8 IO 12 14 l6 l8 20 Fig. 5.—Education of Fathers and Sons: Years of Schooling between the medians, 8. 45 years for the fathers and 8. 60 years for thesons, is only o. 15=*= year (Fig. 5). When these comparative sur-faces of frequency are examined, it is seen that a few more fathers areat the lower end and a few more sons at the upper end. When the char-acter of the school work completed by both groups is taken into consid- PERSISTENCE IN SCHOOL AND HOME CONDITIONS 5* eration, it must be admitted that the present generation, althoughapparently attending school for no more years than its predecessor, hasenjoyed a longer school year and a much richer curriculum. 2. Amounts of education received by the mothers and daughters:The mothers have, on the average, received one year less schooling than MEDIAN OF MOTHERS OF DAUGHTERS 9,60 DIFFERENCE EDUCATION OF MOTHERS EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS --- PART COVERED BY BOTH CM9NZS/7// n. Fig. 6. 4 6 8 io 12 14 16 —Education of Mothers and Daughters: Years of Schooling their daughters. The median number of years of schooling received years for the mothers and years for the daughters. A differenceof ± years (Fig. 6). These slight differences may be explained partly by the increasededucational opportunities offered to the present generation and partlyby the desire on the part of parents, especially those poorly educated, 52 THE FIFTEENTH YEARBOOK to give their children a little better education than they themselvesreceived. The nature of this difference may, perhaps, be seen best ina comparison of the numbers who received more, the same, or less edu-cation than their parents (Tables XLII, XLIII, XLIV). In but few TABLE XLII Comparison of Education of Children with Average Education of Parents Average Years of Schooling, Parents i 2 3 4 s 6 7 8 9 IO ii 12 13 14 Sons Received more 5 4 3 74 2 9 16 i 13 4 i 25 46
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