SOC 203 Chapter Notes -Minority Group, Human Capital, Cultural Capital
10 Sep 2013
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Education: known for improving skills and abilities to be successful in life. For women and ethnic groups it is more equally distributed now than previously. No change in regards to social class or socio-economic background. Average time / years in schooling has increased, drop out rates decreased depending on social class or socioeconomic backgrounds. Parental education, income, and occupation, are indicators of class background and are strongly related to child"s school success. Over generations, education does little to alter the position of family members along the hierarchy of inequality. Parents who did not complete high school, likelihood of attending uni; 1 in 5 kids. (17. 6% women, Those with one parent who attending uni, likelihood was 1 in 2 kids ( more common than those who had parents without high school competition) Socio-economic gradient: the higher educational attainment by child of more educated parents: children of families of higher economic status attain higher levels of education.
