To examine the association between childhood neighborhoods and adult educational attainment, researchers used geocoded register data at the address-level for 14,436 individuals growing up in Landskrona, Sweden between 1939 and 1967, determined the highest level of education reached by age 40 between 1968 and 2015, and measured socioeconomic status based on the father's occupation; the authors found that regardless of class origin and school districts, the social class of the nearest neighbors of the same age during childhood influenced educational attainment.
Article #19-22532: "The social context of nearest neighbors shapes educational attainment regardless of class origin," by Finn Hedefalk and Martin Dribe.
MEDIA CONTACT: Finn Hedefalk, Lund University, SWEDEN; tel: +46-738166029; email: finn.hedefalk@ekh.lu.se
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences