Mexican-origin adolescents' educational expectation trajectories: Intersection of nativity, sex, and socioeconomic status
文摘
Mexican-origin early adolescents expected to complete post-bachelor's degrees. However, expectations declined in middle adolescence and improved in late adolescence. This curvilinear pattern was more pronounced for immigrant adolescents, compared to U.S.-born adolescents. Boys and girls did not differ in their initial levels of expectations but differed in their trajectories. Nativity further moderated the sex differences in adolescents' trajectories.