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Osaka Human Sciences. 2025, 11, p. 1-20

Effects of Social Stratification and Kinship Networks on Educational Attitudes : Sociology of education from the perspective of social stratification and social networks

Aramaki, Sohei

Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

English

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2025-03

Sociological research has predominantly concentrated on the significance of educational attitudes as a mediating factor in generating class disparities in educational attainment. However, theoretical considerations regarding the purpose of education and the findings of sociological research on social networks suggest that sociological analyses of educational attitudes have the potential for development in the following two directions. The first is to broaden the research scope to include attitudes toward children's social contribution rather than limiting it to attitudes toward children's status attainment, as has been conducted in the past. Second, the scope of the background factors to be considered should not be solely the status and resources of the parents but should be extended to their social networks. Considering these issues, we conducted an exploratory analysis from these two perspectives using survey data of parents raising children. The results of the log-linear model revealed the following: (1) status attainment orientation was associated with parents' social status and positively correlates with the size of the competitive network; (2) cooperative network size, but not social class, was positively associated with the socially contributory parenting orientation, which has traditionally been overlooked; (3) positive parenting attitudes were negatively associated with competitive network size, whereas social class exhibited no direct association; (4) individuals with strong status attainment orientation were more likely to adopt negative parenting attitudes. These results suggest that private and cooperative relationships may influence the development of prosocial attitudes, competitive kinship may be a background factor in multigenerational influences on educational attainment, and when enhancing child-rearing resources outside the nuclear family, we should consider the quality of the relationship between these resources and the child's parents.

10.18910/100845

100845

Effects of Social Stratification and Kinship Networks on Educational Attitudes : Sociology of education from the perspective of social stratification and social networks

Aramaki, Sohei

Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

English

2025-03

Osaka Human Sciences

11

1

20

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/100845

10.18910/100845

https://doi.org/10.18910/100845