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The present paper is an attempt to construct a theoretical model of the context of social action based on a reinterpretation of the sociological theory of social fields as developed by Pierre Bourdieu. Using his notions of different types of capital and other tools, a multidimensional model of context is presented in which dimensions are defined as fields affected by (and affecting) a given social...
This paper analyzes the socioeconomic and demographic factors associated with the digital divide in the province of Cordoba. Specifically we see to what extent factors such as gender, age, education level, socioeconomic status, industry, combined and are associated with e-inclusion. Data were obtained from a survey of 4026 residents of Cordoba in 2009, as part of a research project accredited by the...
With China's rapid economic development, leisure time increased, the growth of per capita income, foreign exchange frequent, making more and more people on sports fitness and entertainment have a new understanding of the life of sports, daily trend will become increasingly evident. Through the study of social stratification theory surrounding the consumption of sports entertainment feature of the...
We present three information visualizations for studying social stratification. Each Web-based applet uses a different metaphor to display U.S. Census income data along with the categories of race, marital status, and profession. Each system is completely dynamic, affording the user the choice of categorical variable to compare, as well as the choice of categories within each visualization. Two different...
This study estimates the marginal values of housing attributes in residential location choice and compares the implicit prices of the housing attributes between income groups using a stated preference experiment The implicit prices of amenity-related attributes for the higher income groups are estimated as 9 to 22 times higher than those for the lower income groups, while the implicit prices of access/space-related...
In order to explore the effect of the school environment and the students' individual characteristics in relation to their learning performance, this study conducts an experiment to observe two groups of students - one from an academic university and the other from a technical institute - taught by the same teacher under the same course and the same on-line learning system. Findings indicated that:...
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