@article{dimaggio_cultural_1982,
	title = {Cultural {Capital} and {School} {Success}: {The} {Impact} of {Status} {Culture} {Participation} on the {Grades} of {U}.{S}. {High} {School} {Students}},
	volume = {47},
	issn = {0003-1224},
	url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2094962},
	doi = {10.2307/2094962},
	abstract = {Ethnographers and other students of interaction have documented the impact
of status factors on students' success in school. Yet survey research data
consistently show the absence of family background measure effects on high
school grades. It is argued that conventional measures of family
background fail to capture those cultural elements of status that make a
difference in school interactions. Drawing on Weber's work on status
groups and status cultures, and on Bourdieu's work on cultural capital,
this paper reports the findings of an effort to assess the impact of one
component of status culture participation--cultural capital--on one aspect
of life chances--students' high school grades. A composite measure of
cultural capital has a significant impact on grades, controlling for
family background and measured ability. The pattern of relationships,
however, differs strikingly by gender.},
	number = {2},
	urldate = {2013-09-17},
	journal = {Am. Sociol. Rev.},
	author = {DiMaggio, Paul},
	month = apr,
	year = {1982},
	keywords = {\#nosource},
	pages = {189--201},
}

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