AUTHOR=Pan Dora Jue , Yang Xiujie , Ku Yuk Yee Serena , Dulay Katrina May , Cheung Sum Kwing , McBride Catherine , Wong Patrick Chun Man , Ho Connie Suk Han 

TITLE=Variability in Asian parents’ English and mathematics skills: A family-based study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education

VOLUME=Volume 7 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.898201

DOI=10.3389/feduc.2022.898201

ISSN=2504-284X

ABSTRACT=This study examined the factors explaining English and mathematics performances in Hong Kong and Philippines parents. Across both groups, parents who are younger or with higher education levels tended to perform better in English; parents’ literacy skills were uniquely associated with mathematics skills. In the Philippines only, mothers tended to be poorer in mathematics than fathers. Parents’ mathematics skills uniquely explained their English word reading. Moreover, children’s English skill also uniquely explained parents’ English performance. However, in Hong Kong only, family income was uniquely associated with parents’ English performance. Children’s mathematics performance was additionally associated with parents’ mathematics skills. Such results underscore the complex interactions among individual, family status, and intergenerational effects in explaining parents’ academic performances across cultures.