Table 2.

Educational and Occupational Aspirations and Expectations among Second Generation Students in Madrid, 2008 (ILSEG Sample)

Variable	Sex		Father‘s Education			Mother‘s Education			School Type		Totals
	Male %	Female %	Less than Secondary %	Secondary or Some University %	University Degree %	Less than Secondary %	Secondary or Some University %	University Degree %	Public %	Private %
Educational Aspirations:
Basic Secondary	16.9	11.1	14.6	12.4	5.1	14.2	12.0	5.6	14.5	10.3	13.9
Secondary Complete/Vo-Tech	36.3	30.5	39.8	34.6	17.4	40.0	33.9	22.6	34.7	26.2	33.3
University Degree	37.8	48.6	38.0	44.4	60.4	39.6	44.2	58.3	42.2	49.7	43.3
Post-Graduate Degree	9.0	9.8	7.6	8.6	17.1	6.2	9.9	13.5	8.6	13.8	9.5
	χ² = 51.51^***		χ² = 95.20 ^***			χ² = 68.20^***			χ² = 33.55^***
Educational Expectations:
Basic Secondary	27.7	21.3	30.6	20.5	11.4	30.1	20.7	14.5	25.3	18.7	24.3
Secondary Complete/Vo-Tech	43.0	43.0	43.8	46.9	30.6	45.8	46.5	33.3	43.5	40.8	43.1
University Degree	24.6	30.2	21.7	28.0	48.0	21.0	27.4	44.0	26.3	34.5	27.5
Post-Graduate Degree	4.7	5.5	3.9	4.6	10.0	3.1	5.4	8.2	4.9	6.0	5.1
	χ² = 24.69^***		χ² = 119.30 ^***			χ² = 95.95^***			χ² = 22.475^***
Occupational. Aspirations
Professional/Executive, %	32.1	45.7	37.8	43.8	48.6	42.5	41.7	43.5	39.6	48.7	40.9
Others, %	67.9	54.3	62.2	56.2	51.4	57.5	58.3	56.5	60.4	51.3	59.1
	χ² = 201.39^***		χ² = 15.69^**			χ² = 8.12 n.s.			χ² = 16.50^**
Occupational Expectations¹
Mean	149.82	157.74	150.34	156.68	165.04	152.58	155.66	160.61	152.78	160.20	153.91
	t-test = 7.91^***		F-test = 10.49^***			F-test = 3.60^*			t-test = 7.42^***
Median	131.83	158.49	138.00	158.49	164.81	152.38	152.38	159.27	152.38	158.49	152.38
Percent above 180	26.8	34.7	28.2	33.1	42.5	28.5	32.4	36.7	29.5	38.8	30.9
	χ² = 22.29^***		X² = 18.04^***			X² = 6.62^*			χ² = 16.24^***

PRESCA occupational prestige scores

p<.05

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p<.01

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p<.001

n.s. = not significant

Source: ILSEG Madrid survey, 2008.