What is in a Major?Habitus, class, gender, and major choice among first-generation college students

What is in a Major?Habitus, class, gender, and major choice among first-generation college students

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Main Author: Wright, Ashley Leann
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2019
Subjects:
Sociology
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu155500065738355
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu1555000657383552021-08-03T07:10:08Z What is in a Major?Habitus, class, gender, and major choice among first-generation college students Wright, Ashley Leann Sociology Drawing on literature on habitus and class-based dispositions (Bordieu 1990); social class, occupation, and values (Kohn 1969); and parental work and home environment (Parcel and Meneghan 1994), this paper examines the relationship between parental occupation, class background, and college major choice of first-generation college students. Using ELS: 2012 data, I focus on how the intersection of class background and gender influence college major choice. Regression analyses investigate whether the effects of parental occupation on student major selection vary by gender, social class, and first-generation status. Findings reveal that first-generation college students’ major varies by gender. Further, first-generation college students more often choose majors with clear occupational trajectories and are less likely to choose male-dominated majors. This research can inform policy around gaps in field of study and patterns of attrition by gender and among first-generation college students, while also speaking to broader sociological questions and issues of inequality, mobility, and status attainment trajectories. 2019-08-29 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu155500065738355 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu155500065738355 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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