Beyond the Schoolyard: The Role of Parenting Logics, Financial Resources, and Social Institutions in the Social Class Gap in Structured Activity Participation.
We investigate class differences in youth activity participation with interview, survey, and archival data from a diverse sample of parents (n = 51) in two schools. Findings point toward structural rather than cultural explanations. Working- and middle-class parents overlap in parenting logics about...
| Publicado en: | Sociology of Education Vol. 85; no. 2; pp. 131 - 158 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Apr2012
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