This research analyzes the effects of mothers' individual characteristics and familism on early private education by investigating mothers' values and action in class reproduction. Interviews were conducted with 1200 mothers of children aged 5-6 resid...
This research analyzes the effects of mothers' individual characteristics and familism on early private education by investigating mothers' values and action in class reproduction. Interviews were conducted with 1200 mothers of children aged 5-6 residing in Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, and Daejeon Findings indicate that local and class-related variables affect mothers' values regarding familism, educational views and judgment, hours spent helping children complete academic tasks, and the level of early private education for then children Mothers' familism and educational views did not have statistically significant effects on children's early private education, although substantial relationships between there variables are expected