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Cultural capital and habitus in context

The importance of high school college-going culture

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ID11166316
AuthorsJ Roksa (0000-0003-2757-5982, ,), Karen Jeong Robinson (,, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume38
Issue8
Pages1230-1244
Publication date2017-11-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01425692.2016.1251301
OpenAlexW2556726229
LanguageCA
Citations received25
References cited55

While an extensive body of research has examined the role of cultural capital in reproducing social class inequality in educational outcomes, the role of habitus and school context has received less attention in quantitative studies. We attend to this gap in the literature by considering the relationship between cultural capital, habitus, and the transition into higher education across high schools with low and high college-going cultures in the United States. Findings indicate that the relationship between cultural capital and transition into higher education is context specific and manifested only in schools with a high college-going culture. In addition, students from less advantaged family backgrounds benefit more from cultural capital than their more advantaged counterparts, but this is the case primarily in schools with a high college-going culture. Habitus, however, is related to the transition into higher education regardless of the high school context and benefits all students equally

Capital (architecture · Context (archaeology · Cultural capital · Economic growth · Economics · Habitus · Higher education · Political science · Social capital · Social class · Social mobility · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of Education · School Choice and Performance · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks

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