Social inequalities in educational choice at the transition from primary to secondary education. Further evidence for a rational choice? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
On the basis of these analyses, we cannot say that cultural and social resources have no role to play at all in the process of individual educational decision-making. What this study shows is that these do not enable us to explain the eff ect of parental SES on educational choice. In the absence of such evidence and in the light of the patterns found in the pupils’ accounts, we think to find some support for a view of educational decision-making ...