The Negative Effects of Privilege on Educational Attainment: Gender, Race, Class, and the Bachelor’s Degree

Citation

Mangino, William (2014). The Negative Effects of Privilege on Educational Attainment: Gender, Race, Class, and the Bachelor's Degree. Social Science Quarterly. vol. 95 (3) pp. 760-784

Abstract

Objective To show that in the contemporary United States, traditionally privileged categories of people—men, whites, and the super-rich—complete four-year college degrees at rates lower than their nonprivileged counterparts—women, nonwhites, and the “99 percent.” Methods Logistic regression and an educational transitions method are used on the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Waves 1 and 4) to predict, given college entrance, who completes a bachelor's degree. Results Women, the lower 99 percent of the income distribution and when economic resources are present, nonwhites all complete college at higher rates than men, the richest 1 percent, and whites, respectively. In a final model, rich white men as a single category are shown to complete college less than everyone else. Conclusion As previously excluded categories of people have gained access to higher education, the privileged are shifting their reproduction strategies away from schooling.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12003

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

Social Science Quarterly

Author(s)

Mangino, William

Year Published

2014

Volume Number

Issue Number

Pages

760-784

ISSN/ISBN

1540-6237

DOI

10.1111/ssqu.12003

Reference ID

4807