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significant expenditures and argued that the same concept needs to be ap-
plied to education (Ke Xu et al, 2003).
The next table (Table 3) divides the sample into those who complet-
ed only primary education and the rest. One can see that 3 in 10 children
hoped to go to college or university, but that this dropped significantly if
their parents had lower levels of education. For over half the children in the
sample, there was a realization that lack of money might be an obstacle to
fulfilling their plans (Table 4).
Table 3: Educational Mobility by European Region 1960–2010
Finish secondary Total sample Parents with Lower Parents with Higher
school and get a job 62.6 Education Education
Finish a college or uni- 31.3 67.2 56.8
versity and get a job 25.5 38.6
Get a job as soon as 6.1
possible, regardless of 7.3 4.6
finishing school
Source: Stubbs et al (2017)
Table 4: Childrens’ Preceptions of Ostacles to Fulfilling Plans TOTAL
53.5
Lack of money 29.3
Nothing 17.2
Lack of real opportunities in my surroundings 10.1
Lack of good information and advice 9.1
Lack of correct qualifications for the job I want 3.0
Family obligations 2.0
Something else
Source: Stubbs et al (2017)
The focus groups with parents, all of which I conducted with a col-
league, brought home the issues. This quote is from a Roma man about his
daughter:
My daughter was a really good pupil and then they moved her
into a different programme in the gymnasium and then she need-
ed different books. I asked the teacher if we could exchange the
books she had for the new books she needed but she didn’t want
to do it. And now she is failing at school because she doesn’t have
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significant expenditures and argued that the same concept needs to be ap-
plied to education (Ke Xu et al, 2003).
The next table (Table 3) divides the sample into those who complet-
ed only primary education and the rest. One can see that 3 in 10 children
hoped to go to college or university, but that this dropped significantly if
their parents had lower levels of education. For over half the children in the
sample, there was a realization that lack of money might be an obstacle to
fulfilling their plans (Table 4).
Table 3: Educational Mobility by European Region 1960–2010
Finish secondary Total sample Parents with Lower Parents with Higher
school and get a job 62.6 Education Education
Finish a college or uni- 31.3 67.2 56.8
versity and get a job 25.5 38.6
Get a job as soon as 6.1
possible, regardless of 7.3 4.6
finishing school
Source: Stubbs et al (2017)
Table 4: Childrens’ Preceptions of Ostacles to Fulfilling Plans TOTAL
53.5
Lack of money 29.3
Nothing 17.2
Lack of real opportunities in my surroundings 10.1
Lack of good information and advice 9.1
Lack of correct qualifications for the job I want 3.0
Family obligations 2.0
Something else
Source: Stubbs et al (2017)
The focus groups with parents, all of which I conducted with a col-
league, brought home the issues. This quote is from a Roma man about his
daughter:
My daughter was a really good pupil and then they moved her
into a different programme in the gymnasium and then she need-
ed different books. I asked the teacher if we could exchange the
books she had for the new books she needed but she didn’t want
to do it. And now she is failing at school because she doesn’t have
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