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GT 13 GRUPO DE TRABAJO DE SOCIOLOGÍA DE LA EDUCACIÓN
2.3 Social Origin
The analysis of the social origin of the respondents shows that those graduates whose parents (with no significant
differences between father and mother) possess higher educational capital (secondary and higher education) are more
represented than those from families with parents who only completed the compulsory education levels , even if this
difference is not very relevant in comparative terms.
According to the data presented in table 2, it is possible to observe that families with higher global capital are more
represented among the graduates with entrepreneurial potential.
If we consider the two classes with higher volume of resources - “Businesspeople, Directors and Liberal Professionals”
and “Technical and Framework Professionals” - it is possible to regard that these present greater entrepreneurship
intention when compared to other professional groups. It is important to stress that in the case of “Factory Workers” there
is a contrasting pattern between the two genders, with the entrepreneurial intention of sons influenced by the father figure.
Table 2: Entrepreneurial potential by socioprofessional class of parents (%) *
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Entrepreneurial Potential
Socioprofessional class of the parents 1
Yes No Total
BDL
Father (1) 77.5 22.5 100
Mother 61.1 38.9 100
TFP
Father 82.1 17.9 100
Mother 83 17 100
IW
Father 38.9 61.1 100
Mother 71.4 28.6 100
F
Father 76.2 23.8 100
Mother 63.9 36.4 100
EE
Father 53.3 46.7 100
Mother 66.7 33.3 100
Other (non-classifiable) (3)
Father 75 25 100
Mother - - -
Total
Father
(N) 130 (N) 49 (N) 179
(%) 72.6 (%) 24.7 (%) 100
Mother
(N) 93 (N) 35 (N) 128
(%) 72.7 (%) 27.3 (%) 100
Source: Entrepreneurial potentials at UM Survey (2010). *Percentage values calculated with the exclusion of non-replies. (1)
(χ2=16.43; V=0.303; p=0.006). (2) (χ2=5.36; V=0.205; p=0.252). (3) The professions indicated in the subjects' replies are not
classifiable according to the socioprofessional categories selected for the survey.
In global terms, the data reveals that there is an important correlation between the professional group where the father
is inserted and entrepreneurial intention. A possible explanation for this fact relates to the greater influence of fathers in
comparison to mothers, when it comes to the choice and transmission of professions to descendants (Bourdieu, 1979). For
those reasons, it is not strange to find a greater predisposition for entrepreneurship among graduates from the two groups
with more resources and more expression in our sample: the “Businesspeople, Directors and Liberal Professionals” and
the “Technical and Framework Professionals”. The resources detained by these groups are, in most cases, economic
resources originated in business activities and management positions (in the public and private sectors) and not so much
due to the possession of high levels of education (considering that the global percentage of fathers and mothers with
academic background does not surpass 17% and 19%, respectively).
Another aspect to highlight is the distribution of the graduates with entrepreneurial potential inquired per education sector,
according to the socioprofessional category of the family. It is important to underscore that over 50% of graduates come
from these two professional categories and belong, in their majority, to the courses in the “Sciences and Information
Technology and “Engineering” areas. Inversely, the children of the “Independent Workers”, “Factory Workers” and
“Executing Employees” families, which represent approximately 40% of the total, have more representation in the
“Education” and “Humanities” areas. In turn, the graduates who concluded courses in the “Social Sciences and Law”
and “Engineering” areas present a double pattern of social recruitment, encompassing almost equally three professional
groups: “Businesspeople, Directors and Liberal Professionals”, “Technical and Framework Professionals” (especially
advanced technical positions) and “Factory Workers”. Thus, the distribution presented corroborates that there is in fact an
important association between entrepreneurial intention, educational field and social origin of the respondents.
CRISIS Y CAMBIO: PROPUESTAS DESDE LA SOCIOLOGÍA
XI Congreso Español de Sociología (FES)