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Where do cultural omnivores come from? The implications of educational mobility for cultural consumption

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Chan, Tak Wing and Turner, Heather (2017) Where do cultural omnivores come from? The implications of educational mobility for cultural consumption. European Sociological Review, 33 (4). pp. 576-589. doi:10.1093/esr/jcx060

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Abstract

Many scholars see social mobility as a key factor that contributes to the emergence of cultural omnivores. In this article, we discuss three versions of the social mobility argument and assess their empirical validity using recent survey data on music and visual arts consumption in the United Kingdom. By applying diagonal reference models to our data, we show that none of these three arguments receives empirical support. Both parents’ and respondent’s educational level affect music/visual arts consumption, with the weight of the former being about a third in magnitude of the latter. There is no difference between the upwardly mobile and the downwardly mobile in the relative weights of origin and destination. Finally, socially mobile individuals are actually less omnivorous than those who are intergenerationally stable in advantaged positions. In light of these findings, we argue that social mobility does not explain the emergence of music/visual arts omnivores in the United Kingdom.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Statistics
Journal or Publication Title: European Sociological Review
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0266-7215
Official Date: August 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
August 2017Published
25 July 2017Available
1 May 2017Accepted
Volume: 33
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 576-589
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcx060
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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