Measuring cultural capital through the number of books in the household
Abstract Cultural capital is frequently measured via the number of books in a respondent’s household. Despite this measure’s widespread use, its quality remains largely unclear. To remedy this, we conducted a comprehensive assessment of the measurement properties of two items measuring past and pres...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-01-01
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Series: | Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42409-018-0006-0 |