Does Housework Help Improve Academic Performance? An Empirical Analysis on the Influence of Participation in Housework on Academic Performance of Primary and Middle School Students
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Jan 31, 2022
Abstract
At present, even if the education on hard-working spirit has been emphasized increasingly as an important part of practical education in China’s education policy, the reality is still far from satisfactory, because many parents do not provide their children with sufficient opportunities to do housework. Previous studies have indicated that the empirical analysis remains to be improved in terms of the relationship between housework and the development of primary and junior high school students. Based on data from the 2020 Monitoring of Students' Academic Quality in Basic Education in Jiangsu Province Study, this study investigates the influence of primary and secondary school students’ participation in housework on academic performance by using OLS regression and Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM). The results show that the current proportion of primary and junior high school students involved in housework is not high; however, participating in housework frequently will positively affect the academic performance of primary and junior high school students. Participation in housework in primary school has a greater positive impact on academic performance than that in junior high school. In addition, since excessive academic burden is the main factor hindering primary and junior high school students from being involved in housework, it is necessary to strengthen the publicity of education on hard-working spirit to help people know its importance. Also, we suggest the burden on schoolwork should be reduced to in order to promote more diversified housework related educational opportunities for students.
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Keywords
Participation in Housework, Education on Hard-Working Spirit, Student Academic Achievement, Coarsened Exact Matching, Reducing Burden and Increasing Efficiency
Supporting Agencies
Jiangsu University Advantage Discipline Construction Project Funding Project (PAPD)
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Fang, C.C., & Cao, L.Z. (2021). The influence of family labor on the ability development of junior high school students-An empirical study based on CEPS Data. Journal of Educational Science of Hunan Normal University, 20(2):56-63+89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19503/j.cnki.1671-6124.2021.02.008
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Gu, X.L. (2018). How to carry out labor education in American schools. People’s Education, 2018(21):77-80.
He, D.C. (2009). Preface to “important educational documents of the People’s Republic of China”. The 20th Anniversary of the Publication of “Research on History of Education” and the Seminar on the Sixty Years of Research on History of Education in China, 2015:114-115.
Huang, J. (2004). Understanding and Suggestions on Labor Education. Journal of Jiangsu Education Institute (Social Science Edition), 2004(5):17-22.
Iacus, S.M., King, G., & Porro, G. (2011). Multivariate matching methods that are monotonic imbalance bounding. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 106(493):345-361. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1198/jasa.2011.tm09599
Iacus, S.M., King, G., & Porro, G. (2012). Causal inference without balance checking: coarsened exact matching. Political Analysis, 20(1):1-24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pan/mpr013
Jin, Y.J. (2001). Imputation adjustment of missing data. Mathematical Statistics and Management, 2001(6):47-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13860/j.cnki.sltj.2001.06.012
Lao, K.S. (1998). New exploration of the combination of education and production labor. New exploration of the combination of education and production labor, 1-4.
Li, C.L. (2005). The prestige stratification of contemporary Chinese society: Occupational prestige and socioeconomic status index measurement. Sociological Research, 2005(2):74-102+244. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19934/j.cnki.shxyj.2005.02.004
Li, H.F. (1983). The Guarantee of Educational Success: The cooperation of schools, families, and society-The sixth special topic introduction to elementary and secondary education in the soviet union. Foreign Elementary and Secondary Education, 1983(2):10-15.
Li, K., & Qu, X. (2018). The historical evolution and reflection of labor education in the party’s educational policy since 1949. Journal of Education, 14(5):63-72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14082/j.cnki.1673-1298.2018.05.008
Mirko, S., Benzing, V., Wallman-Jones, A., Mavilidi, M.F., Lubans, D.R., & Paas F. (2019). Embodied learning in the classroom: Effects on primary school children’s attention and foreign language vocabulary learning. Psychology of Sport & Exercise. 43. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.12.017
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Rosenbaum, P.R., & Rubin, D.B. (1983). The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects. Biometrika, 70(1):41-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511810725.016
Tan, R.X. (2019). Spain: Housework can promote the development of children’s creativity. People’s Education, 2019(1):9.
Tang, G.Q. (2009). Freedom and harmony-A study on Cai Yuanpei’s view of “Five Educations Simultaneously”. Education Research Monthly, 2009(1):38-42+55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16477/j.cnki.issn1674-2311.2009.01.012
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Wang, F., & Xu, J.C. (2020). Investigation and research on the implementation status of labor education in universities, middle schools and primary schools. Curriculum, Textbook, Teaching Method, 40(2):12-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19877/j.cnki.kcjcjf.2020.02.003
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Yao, S., & Chen, J.J. (2020). How does the mother’s educational background affect the children’s years of education: An empirical analysis based on CLDS2016. Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Social Science Edition), 34(3):87-96. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16477/j.cnki.issn1674-2311.2021.03.002
Yin, H. (2021). The value of labor education in craftsman culture and its realization. Educational Academic Monthly, 2021(3):12-17.
Yuan, L.P., & Li, J.X. (2021). Knowledge graph and future prospects of labor education research in my country. Educational Academic Monthly, 2021(3):18-26.
Zhang, M., & Yuan, H. (1997). PauTa criterion and outlier elimination. Journal of Zhengzhou University of Technology, (01), 87-91.
Zhao, J.X., Wang, M F., & Liu, L. (2013). The relationship between mothers’ academic participation and children’s academic performance: the mediating role of children’s ability theory. Psychology and the improvement of innovative ability-The 16th National Conference on Psychology, 2.
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Wang, X., Yao, J., & Zhou, S. (2022). Does Housework Help Improve Academic Performance? An Empirical Analysis on the Influence of Participation in Housework on Academic Performance of Primary and Middle School Students. Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 10(1), 1283–1301. https://doi.org/10.15354/bece.22.or009
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