A randomly selected sample of 51 high school students from 1000, 21 boys and 30 girls, completed Forms A and AD of the Culture-free Self-esteem Inventory and a data sheet giving grade, gender, and both parents' education. No significant correlation was found between parents' education and children's scores on self-esteem but a correlation was .70 between forms.
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