Qualitative analysis shows how habitus affects youth's class outcomes based on their conditions, highlighting implications for mobility.
Key Points
This research aims to expand Bourdieu’s theory of habitus by examining its role in class reproduction and social mobility.
Utilized interviews from the National Study of Youth and Religion.
Analyzed the development of habitus among youth in varying conditions and classes.
Investigated how constraining versus less constraining conditions influence habitus orientation.
Youth from constraining conditions tend to develop a habitus focused on class reproduction.
Those in less constraining conditions often show a tendency toward upward mobility.
Top-class youth raised in unconstrained conditions typically maintain a reproduction-oriented habitus, while those facing constraints lean towards downward mobility.