Assessing the Importance of Cultural Capital on Post-Secondary Education Attendance in Canada

Autor/inn/en	Childs, Stephen; Finnie, Ross; Mueller, Richard E.
Titel	Assessing the Importance of Cultural Capital on Post-Secondary Education Attendance in Canada
Quelle	In: Journal of Further and Higher Education, 42 (2018) 1, S.57-91 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-877X
DOI	10.1080/0309877X.2016.1206853
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Cultural Capital; Correlation; College Attendance; Foreign Countries; Surveys; Family Relationship; Family Income; Family Environment; Current Events; Cultural Activities; Achievement Tests; International Assessment; Secondary School Students; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Canada; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Ausland; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Familieneinkommen; Familienmilieu; Aktualität; Cultural activity; Kulturelle Aktivität; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Sekundarschüler; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Kanada
Abstract	This paper extends the current literature on access to post-secondary education by investigating the role played by various family background characteristics related to the home environment and family habits and behaviours. Exploiting the extraordinary richness of the Youth in Transition Survey in this regard, we include whether the family ate dinner together, whether they discussed current affairs, and how often their children went to concerts--and if so, what "kind" of concerts. Many of these factors are found to have a significant relationship with attending post-secondary education, university in particular. Furthermore, these factors are in addition to--and at least to some degree independent of--more conventional influences such as parental education and family income. With appeal to the paradigm of "cultural capital"--which refers to the knowledge, experiences, and connections which help individuals succeed in life--these results indicate how advantages in accessing higher levels of education accrue to those from families that are rich in this kind of asset, while others are left behind. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01