Social class background and gender‐(a)typical choices of fields of study in higher education.
By employing a Bourdieu‐inspired class scheme that differentiates between classes' volume and composition of capital, and by analysing Norwegian administrative register data for birth cohorts between 1987 and 1992, this paper examines the relationship between social class background and gender‐(a)ty...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Sociology Vol. 70; no. 4; pp. 1349 - 1374 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=138393059&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 138393059 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00071315 BJS jtl: British Journal of Sociology issn: 00071315 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Sep2019 vid: 70 iid: 4 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 138393059 10.1111/1468-4446.12668 ppf: 1349 ppct: 25 formats: tig: atl: Social class background and gender‐(a)typical choices of fields of study in higher education. aug: au: Seehuus, Sara affil: Centre for the Study of Professions, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University su: Social classes Higher education Educational attainment Social mobility Differentiation (Sociology) sug: subj: Social classes Higher education Educational attainment Social mobility Differentiation (Sociology) keyword: educational choices Gender higher education horizontal segregation social class educational choices Gender higher education horizontal segregation social class ab: By employing a Bourdieu‐inspired class scheme that differentiates between classes' volume and composition of capital, and by analysing Norwegian administrative register data for birth cohorts between 1987 and 1992, this paper examines the relationship between social class background and gender‐(a)typical choices of higher education. Fields of study in higher education in much of the Western world remain segregated by gender despite the gender gap in educational attainment having been reversed. However, some changes have taken place due to the influx of women into male‐dominated, high‐status fields. Few recent studies have examined the relationship between social class background and gendered educational choices in light of these changes; furthermore, the focus of previous research has been limited to the vertical dimension of class. The results presented in this article suggest that men and women are more likely to make gender‐atypical choices when this leads to social mobility and that focusing solely on the vertical dimension of class may mask horizontal differences. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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