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Social status attainment during the transition to adulthood
Camillia K Lui1, Paul J Chung, Steven P Wallace
1Department of Community Health Sciences, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, clui@arg.org.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
|October 17, 2013
Summary
Parental social status significantly influences adult economic and human capital, but individual mobility also plays a key role. This study examines status attainment from adolescence to adulthood, revealing dynamic pathways.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Developmental Psychology
- Economics
Background:
- Adolescence to adulthood transition is crucial for status attainment.
- Intergenerational life-course perspective is vital for understanding social mobility.
- Economic and human capital domains are key indicators of status.
Purpose of the Study:
- Examine status attainment from adolescence to adulthood.
- Incorporate parents' and individual's social status.
- Analyze economic and human capital trajectories.
Main Methods:
- Latent class analysis of longitudinal survey data.
- National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) data used.
- Analysis spans adolescence through adulthood (ages 12-18 to 25-31).
Main Results:
- Four latent classes for economic capital and five for human capital identified.
- Persistent low and high social status groups indicate parental influence.
- Significant upward and downward mobility groups show individual agency.
Conclusions:
- Social status attainment is dynamic during the transition to adulthood.
- Both parental background and individual trajectories shape adult outcomes.
- Understanding these dynamics is crucial for developmental research.
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