Family Capital Social Stratification, and Higher Education Attainment—An Empirical Study Based on Jiangsu Province

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ID12982588
AuthorsLiu Zhimin, Zhimin Liu (0009-0006-2159-6968, corresponding author), Gao Yao
Year2015
Volume48
Issue3
Pages218-230
Publication date2015-05-04
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChinese Education & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1944-7116 • E-ISSN: 1061-1932
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10611932.2015.1085773
OpenAlexW2173979033
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited2

Based on survey data from 14 representative universities in Jiangsu Province, logistic regression is used to analyze the impact of family capital on the quantity and quality of individuals obtaining higher education. The study found that on the whole, family capital has a clearly positive promoting role in the quantity and quality of higher education obtained by children, and the differences in educational opportunities caused by social stratification still exist in the higher education system, and as higher education has expanded, these differences have gradually transitioned from clear unequal quantity to more covert unequal quality. Looking at the mechanism of action, advantaged families use direct resource exclusion and indirect cultural transmission to transform advantages in family capital into advantages in educational opportunities and realize an advantage in obtaining higher education and in the end realizing intergenerational transmission of advantaged social strata

Covert · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Empirical research · Higher education · Human capital · Quality (philosophy · Social capital · Social mobility · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Survey data collection · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Social Capital and Networks

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