# Data from the Mixed Methods Project PICE (Parental Investment in Children’s Education)

## TL;DR

This study explores how parental strategies and resources influence children's education in Switzerland, comparing families with and without migration backgrounds.

## Contribution

The novel aspect is the mixed-methods approach combining interviews with young adults and their parents to analyze educational pathways influenced by migration backgrounds.

## Key findings

- PICE data reveals insights into parental investment strategies and their impact on children's educational outcomes.
- The study highlights differences in educational aspirations and resource allocation between families with and without migration backgrounds.
- The dataset offers potential for further research on migration biographies and mixed-methods research.

## Abstract

The Parental Investment in Children’s Education (PICE) study focuses on Switzerland and investigates parental strategies, resources, and aspirations and how they shape their children’s educational pathways. It contrasts families with a migration background to those without. PICE is a mixed-methods add-on-study of TREE (Transitions from Education to Employment). Within PICE one interview with young adults (N = 73, around age 20) and two interviews with one of their parents (N = 50) were conducted. The data are available for scientific analyses via SWISSUbase. They have reuse potential for analyses on parental investments, migration biographies as well as for methodological research on mixed methods.