TY - JOUR
T1 - Family capital and the invisible transfer of privilege
T2 - intergenerational support and social class in early adulthood.
AU - Swartz, Teresa Toguchi
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Sociologists have long recognized the relationships between family background and social class attainment. However, by neglecting the multiple ways in which families and parents provide advantages and the extent to which these advantages extend into adulthood, they may still be underestimating the role of families in the reproduction of class inequalities. This chapter explores these impacts under the conceptual rubric of family capital. A new battery of interviews with a diverse collection of young adults is used to illustrate these points and offer suggestions for future research and analysis.
AB - Sociologists have long recognized the relationships between family background and social class attainment. However, by neglecting the multiple ways in which families and parents provide advantages and the extent to which these advantages extend into adulthood, they may still be underestimating the role of families in the reproduction of class inequalities. This chapter explores these impacts under the conceptual rubric of family capital. A new battery of interviews with a diverse collection of young adults is used to illustrate these points and offer suggestions for future research and analysis.
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U2 - 10.1002/cd.206
DO - 10.1002/cd.206
M3 - Article
C2 - 18330916
AN - SCOPUS:42949123973
SN - 1520-3247
SP - 11
EP - 24
JO - New directions for child and adolescent development
JF - New directions for child and adolescent development
IS - 119
ER -
