Family Socioeconomic Status, Parental Involvement, and College Major Choices—Gender, Race/Ethnic, and Nativity Patterns

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A World of Difference: International Trends in Women's Economic Status (2011, background): “For example, American girls who come from high-income families are less likely to study math and science in college (Ma 2009). www.annualreviews.org • International Trends in Women’s Economic Status 365 A nn u.”
Motivational Pathways to STEM Career Choices: Using Expectancy-Value Perspective to Understand Individual and Gender Differences in STEM Fields. (2013, background): “Lower SES children tend to choose higher paying fields such as technical, life/health sciences, and business over humanities and social science/education majors (Ma, 2009).”
Who likes math where? Gender differences in eighth-graders’ attitudes around the world (2014, background): “…A 4/ B 4: M ea n m at h ac hi ev em en t ad de d; A 5/ B 5: S el fex pr es si ve ne ss re pl ac in g H D I. Consistent with findings for the United States by Ma (2009) and Harr (2012), results suggest more positive attitudes toward mathematics among students from less privileged social backgrounds.”