ic status and participating in cultural activities, it is often the case that lower class families do engage in high culture activities.
Finally, previous studies that indicate stephouseholds have less interpersonal and cultural resources are cited. Primarily, stepparents often have commitments to their other children, which significantly cuts the amount of time that they can spend with their new families.
The method used was the secondary analysis of archival data. The National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS), a sample of over 24,000 eighth graders, was the data set. The researcher used NELS data on family structure, parental resource, and academic achievement. Logistic regression was the statistical technique utilized.
It was found that stephouseholds in fact have fewer parental resources of all three types than do common households. It was also found that type of household was a strong predictor of academic achievement. However, when controlling for background variables such as parent's educ
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