Abstract
Family arrangments have experienced several changes due to dynamic processes, such as reduction of fertility, emancipation of women and their consequent insertion in the labor market, increase in the number of divorces and life expectancy. These changes led to a reduction in the size of families and a diversification of their composition. Given the emergence of new family structures and the changes resulting from social dynamics, this study aimed to analyze the relationship between family arrangements and school performance of 5th and 9th grade students in public schools in Brazil in 2015, with data from Prova Brasil. Math scores were used as a measure of performance and the effects of the family were evaluated using hierarchical modeling of the data. The results showed a small effect of family arrangements on average mathematics proficiency but revealed other elements and mediators related to school results, such as socioeconomic status, student trajectory, individual school habits and the school environment, had a stronger connection with school performance than the composition of the arrangement itself.
Key words
Family arrangements; Scholar outcomes; Hierarchical models