Socio-economic factors and the schooling of working-class children aged seven and under in seven areas of North London, 1800-1851
In the 1850s publicly-aided schools for infants co-existed with private working-class schools, some of which also catered for very young children. During the first half of the nineteenth century parents of infant-aged children could decide whether or not to send their child to school; if they opted for schooling they might then have had to make decisions about the type of school to use. This investigation set out to establish whether working-class parents' decisions regarding the schooling of their very young children were influenced by a range of socio-economic factors, and whether parents with certain life-styles were more favourably disposed towards the public infant schools than towards the much maligned private working-class schools. This investigation examined the school attendance of infants in relation to a range of socio-economic factors, which included parental occupation, whether or not the mother was at work, the employment and schooling patterns of older children in the family, the parents' religion and country of birth, the size of the family and the ages of the children concerned. The autonomy and independence of members of the working-class was acknowledged throughout the study by emphasising
Browne, Naima
Humanities and Social Sciences
Socio-economic factors and the schooling of working-class children aged seven and under in seven areas of North London, 1800-1851. In the 1850s publicly-aided schools for infants co-existed with private working-class schools, some of which also catered for very young children. During the first half of the nineteenth century parents of infant-aged children could decide whether or not to send their child to school; if they opted for schooling they might then have had to make decisions about the type of school to use. This investigation set out to establish whether working-class parents' decisions regarding the schooling of their very young children were influenced by a range of socio-economic factors, and whether parents with certain life-styles were more favourably disposed towards the public infant schools than towards the much maligned private working-class schools. This investigation examined the school attendance of infants in relation to a range of socio-economic factors, which included parental occupation, whether or not the mother was at work, the employment and schooling patterns of older children in the family, the parents' religion and country of birth, the size of the family and the ages of the children concerned. The autonomy and independence of members of the working-class was acknowledged throughout the study by emphasising
socio_economic factor school working_class child_age area north london publicly aided school infant co_existed private working_class school also cater young_child parent infant aged child could decide whether send child school opt schooling might make_decision type school use investigation set establish_whether working_class parent decision regard school young_child influenced range socio_economic factor whether parent certain life dispose towards public infant school towards much private working_class school investigation examine school attendance infant relation range socio_economic factor_include parental occupation whether mother work employment school pattern old_child family parent religion country birth size family age child concern autonomy independence member working_class acknowledge throughout_study emphasise