Scholarlink

<p>Given the substantial influence of socioeconomic background on adolescent mental‑health outcomes, there is a need for reliable, valid, and cost‑effective indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) for this age group. One potential indicator is the number of books in the home. This study therefore aimed to: (1) examine the extent to which the number of books in the home explains variation in SES, operationalised through parental education and occupational status; and (2) compare the degree to which adolescent mental‑health inequalities are predicted by the number of books in the home versus SES based on parental education and occupational status. The study used public‑use data files from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), administered in 2018 and 2022 to 15‑year‑old students from 16 participating countries. The proportion of variance in SES scores explained by the number of books in the home ranged from 4.5% (95% CI: 3.9%–5.1%) in the United Arab Emirates to 23.4% (95% CI: 21.1%–25.8%) in Bulgaria. Among the countries analysed, the predicted inequalities in mental health using socioeconomic level differed from those using the number of books in the household only in Georgia, Serbia, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates. These findings suggest that, while the number of books in the home holds potential as an SES indicator in certain contexts, its universal application should be approached with caution.</p>

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Number of Books at Home as a Proxy for Socioeconomic Status: Assessing Their Role in Predicting Adolescent Mental Health Inequalities in PISA 2018 and 2022

  • 期刊论文

  • 发表日期：

    2026年3月23日

查看全文
  • Pedro San Martin Soares

摘要

Given the substantial influence of socioeconomic background on adolescent mental‑health outcomes, there is a need for reliable, valid, and cost‑effective indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) for this age group. One potential indicator is the number of books in the home. This study therefore aimed to: (1) examine the extent to which the number of books in the home explains variation in SES, operationalised through parental education and occupational status; and (2) compare the degree to which adolescent mental‑health inequalities are predicted by the number of books in the home versus SES based on parental education and occupational status. The study used public‑use data files from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), administered in 2018 and 2022 to 15‑year‑old students from 16 participating countries. The proportion of variance in SES scores explained by the number of books in the home ranged from 4.5% (95% CI: 3.9%–5.1%) in the United Arab Emirates to 23.4% (95% CI: 21.1%–25.8%) in Bulgaria. Among the countries analysed, the predicted inequalities in mental health using socioeconomic level differed from those using the number of books in the household only in Georgia, Serbia, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates. These findings suggest that, while the number of books in the home holds potential as an SES indicator in certain contexts, its universal application should be approached with caution.