Relative Indices of Educational Attainment and Trend Analysis of Inequality of Educational Opportunity:

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  • 相対的学歴指標と教育機会の趨勢分析：
  • 相対的学歴指標と教育機会の趨勢分析 : 2015年SSM調査データを用いて
  • ソウタイテキ ガクレキ シヒョウ ト キョウイク キカイ ノ スウセイ ブンセキ : 2015ネン SSM チョウサ データ オ モチイテ
  • Using the 2015SSM Survey Data
  • 2015年SSM調査データを用いて

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<p>This study was an examination of some of the relative indices of educational attainment and analyses the long-term trend of inequality of educational opportunity in Japan using those indices. An analysis using a generalized ordered logit model was also conducted to confirm the trend revealed by the previous assessment based on the relative indices. The data revealed four points, as follows: 1) Three indices—the PSI (Positional Status Index), PR (percentile rank), and SYS (standardized years of schooling)—were mainly used to describe the trend of inequality of educational opportunity in Japan for this study. SYS was found to be the best choice as a relative index of educational attainment. 2) According to these three indices, the trend of educational opportunity in Japan is stable, but the youngest cohort of men revealed a growing disparity of educational opportunity among social classes. 3) This trend was confirmed by an analysis using a generalized ordered logit model. 4) It was found that a simple description of the inequality trend according to the relative education index presented a rough picture of the reality of inequality of educational opportunity.</p>

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