Cultural Capital in Honduran University Students: A Comparison with the Academic Performance, Educational Level and Economic Income of their Parents
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https://doi.org/10.5377/paradigma.v28i46.12836Keywords:
Cultural capital, academic performance, educational level and income of parents, higher education, HondurasAbstract
In the context of university students, this study analyzes cultural capital from the three forms suggested by Bourdieu; incorporated, institutionalized and objectified, it carries out comparisons between these and three variable categories; the academic performance, educational level and income of the parents. Seven majors participated in the sample and included 735 students from three Honduran universities. For the measurement of the variables incorporated and institutionalized cultural capital, a Likert-type instrument was constructed; due to the nature of objectified cultural capital, a nominal scale was used. Cronbach’s Alpha was used to measure reliability, the incorporated and institutionalized cultural capital presented values of .817 and 0.763. The Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests showed p-value: 0.000<α: 0.05, showing statistically significant differences of medians in the levels of incorporated and institutionalized cultural capital based on academic performance, similarly a difference was found from educational grade and income of the parents, meanwhile, the objective capital seems not to be associated with academic performance (p-value: 0.000> α: 0.05), however, it was found to be associated with the educational level of the parents and economic income. The study concludes that the cultural capital shown by students is an important factor for educational success in the university context.
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