Abstract

Given the steadily increasing number of students from multicultural households, it is imperative to analyze the educational environments these children encounter. This study investigates the influence of neighborhood characteristics on the education of children in multicultural households, employing the geography of opportunity framework. While the growth pathways of children have been extensively discussed, little is known from a spatial perspective. Focusing on the city of Seoul, we attempt to explore the landscape of educational attributes associated with the educational attainment of children from multicultural backgrounds. We measured indicators of the educational characteristics at the neighborhood level and performed various spatial analyses to explore the spatial association between the location of multicultural children and educational attributes. We find spatial segregation in several educational characteristics and a significant spatial correlation between the concentration of multicultural children and lower educational opportunities. Our findings shed light on the importance of policies that tackle spatial inequality in neighborhood opportunity and expand diverse affordable housing options.