Complex Inequalities of Educational Opportunities. A Large-Scale Longitudinal Study on the Relation Between Gender, Social Class, Ethnicity and School Success

@article{Dekkers2000ComplexIO,
  title={Complex Inequalities of Educational Opportunities. A Large-Scale Longitudinal Study on the Relation Between Gender, Social Class, Ethnicity and School Success},
  author={Hetty Dekkers and Roel J. Bosker and Geert Driessen},
  journal={Educational Research and Evaluation},
  year={2000},
  volume={6},
  pages={59 - 82},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144400482}
}
It is well documented that stratification in education precedes social stratification. Many authors hypothesise that the stratification patterns in education may be related to background characteristics of students in a more complex way than researched so far in this field. Therefore, in this article the interactive effects of social class, ethnicity and gender on various indicators for school success are analysed and discussed. A large-scale longitudinal database offered the possibility to… 
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