FAMILY AND CHILDREN EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES: SOCIAL RESILIENCE WITHIN ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED FAMILIES IN LATVIA

The purpose of this paper is to describe the likelihood of social resilience and its effects among economically deprived families and their children in Latvia. Secondary analysis of semi-structured interviews with respondents from economically deprived, large or single parent families, conducted within the research project supported by the European Social Fund. "Causes and duration of unemployment and social exclusion", as well as data analyses from OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) Program for International Student Assessment 2006 ( PISA 2006) on students educational achievements and factors affecting them, were developed. According to the results of the research, there is high probability that students from economically deprived families, but possessing significant personal and environmental protective factors (human, social and cultural capital), can reach much higher educational achievements than students who share the same socioeconomic status, but who don't have these protective factors.