The server seems iffy.. and the transfer hung and had to be restarted several times. It is running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000, so don’t expect too much.
As for dependency, or correlation to home ownership, you have to be careful of doing a statistical analysis when all independent variables are not considered. The end result will be a dependent variable, being identified as an independent variable. (dependent=result, independent=causal)
From my personal experience and from the experience of my “parental unit” who used to work as a Mentor Teacher, LA City School District; the single most important variable to the success of the child is parental involvement in the child’s education. The best way to see this is to look at the children of immigrants and ask “Why do some succeed and some do not when coming from the same financial background and often same neighborhoods?” Many of the aspects in parents that give rise to being involved in their child’s growth, also give rise to ‘family trees’ that rapidly pull themselves into better financial condition that also make it easier for them to purchase houses (thereby the home ownership actually being a dependent variable of this characteristic). A converse comparison might be interesting in identifying descendants of homeowners and the ‘better off’, who themselves are no longer better off.
Others important variables are:
*Education level of the parents.
*Willingness of parents to further their education while working.
*Willingness of the parents to learn what their child is learning (if they don’t already), and to tutor the child themselves if necessary – working with the child on their education.
