Toward Understanding How Social Capital Mediates the Impact of Mobility on Mexican American Achievement

This study links the social capital literature with research on student mobility to investigate low test score performance among Mexican origin youth. Specifically, it examines whether Mexican Americans learn less in school than non-Latino Whites, in part because they have limited social capital due...

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Published in:Social forces 2005-09, Vol.84 (1), p.201-224
Main Author: Ream, Robert K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Achievement Tests
Adolescents
Analysis
Classes, stratification, mobility
Cultural Capital
Education
Educational aspects
Educational Attainment
Ethnic minorities
High school students
High schools
Hispanic American Students
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics
Internal migration
Low Achievement
Mexican Americans
Peer Influence
Racial Differences
Regression analysis
Scores
Secondary school mathematics
Social aspects
Social Capital
Social capital (Sociology)
Social networking
Social Networks
Social organization. Social system. Social structure
Socialization
Sociology
Student Mobility
Students
Test scores
U.S.A
White Students
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Summary:This study links the social capital literature with research on student mobility to investigate low test score performance among Mexican origin youth. Specifically, it examines whether Mexican Americans learn less in school than non-Latino Whites, in part because they have limited social capital due to the fact that they are more mobile during their school careers. This study also considers whether different forms of peer social capital, like different kinds of currency, have differential exchange value, and if such differences influence the test-score gap. Findings encourage greater sensitivity to inter- and intra-ethnic distinctions in the socialization process that contribute to group differences in the availability and utility of the resources that inhere in social networks.
ISSN:0037-7732
1534-7605
DOI:10.1353/sof.2005.0121