Open AccessA descriptive perspective of intergenerational persistence in education and the influence of family lineage descent systems in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Author(s) -
Bernard Yungu Loleka
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista tempos e espaços em educação
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2358-1425
pISSN - 1983-6597
DOI - 10.20952/revtee.v13i32.14874
Subject(s) - democracy , persistence (discontinuity) , demography , proxy (statistics) , lineage (genetic) , perspective (graphical) , demographic economics , sociology , geography , biology , political science , economics , genetics , statistics , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , politics , law , gene , engineering , geometry
This study investigates how family lineage descent groups influence the intergenerational transmission of education for the cohorts of 1940-1989 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The study applies both transition matrix and intergenerational persistence (IGP) methods, using the father's years of schooling as a proxy for parental education. The findings suggest a pronounced steady persistence in education for the estimated mean regression coefficient over a period of 49 years. Moreover, results by gender indicate that intergenerational persistence in education has significantly decreased for males in recent cohorts but slightly increased for females. Furthermore, findings suggest that intergenerational persistence has been decreasing in matrilineal descent groups in recent cohorts, while increasing for the patrilineal descent groups. The study gives a good sense of the relationship between family lineage descent and intergenerational transmission of education in DRC. In addition, it indicates that there is both substantial upward and downward intergenerational education mobility in the country.