Exploring the Relationship between Gender, Family SES, and Education

Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T, Canada

^* Corresponding author: carolmmc@student.ubc.ca

Abstract

Disparities in family SES directly contribute to differences in mental health and resources. Environmental factors may also lead to gender biases in self-estimated intelligence, which may be an extension of existing sociocultural gender stereotypes. The difference between male and female learning ability and behavioural ability is caused by the difference in thinking patterns and physiological structure. Boys and men reported higher overall and academic self-esteem than girls and females. The family SES gap has educational differences in terms of gender. Low family socioeconomic status may have an impact on individual development, putting them at risk in terms of academic performance, cognitive ability, and other aspects of development. Children from higher socioeconomic families have higher levels of anxiety and depression and are also at risk of developing social maladjustment.