Cultural Capital, Family Background and Education: Choosing University Subjects in China

Autor/in	Sheng, Xiaoming
Titel	Cultural Capital, Family Background and Education: Choosing University Subjects in China
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 38 (2017) 5, S.721-737 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2016.1158638
Schlagwörter	Cultural Capital; Family Influence; Majors (Students); Foreign Countries; College Choice; College Students; Mixed Methods Research; Social Class; Social Environment; Family Income; Probability; Selective Admission; Social Differences; Regression (Statistics); Working Class; Middle Class; Questionnaires; Parent Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Semi Structured Interviews; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Studienortwahl; Collegestudent; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Soziales Umfeld; Familieneinkommen; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Bildungsselektion; Sozialer Unterschied; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Arbeiterklasse; Mittelschicht; Fragebogen; Elternverhalten; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This article employs Bourdieu's conceptual tools to unpack family influences on students' subject and university choices in China. This empirical study employed mixed research approaches, using both quantitative and qualitative methods, to examine students' choices of subjects and universities in a sample of secondary school students from the age of 16 to 18 in China. This study reveals that while there are few class differences in subject choice, students' choices of a selected university is significantly associated with higher family income level. The data show that the probability of entering a top university for students from high-income families is greater than that of students from low-income families. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01