1. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH HOW TO READ INEQUALITIES Social network as a Formation’s Context of Social Representations for Young People Laura Accornero

2. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH INTRODUCTION How to study scholastic preferences and inequalities of young people? considering not only the traditional analyses

3. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Reflecting on social representations to understand inequalities the influence of “traditional” factors (for instance: class of origin) seems to extract strength from a cognitive component

4. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH HYPOTHESES #1 Social representations as social network resources network = group

5. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS #2 The influence of the context in social representations of young people Liceo and technical school are attended by subjects of different social classes

6. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS #3 Different families and different scholastic results External factors: sex, class of origin, housewife mother and cultural capital of father, mother and grand-parents, area, number of brothers and sisters (model 1) “Individual action”: judgement after the middle school, the type of high school, the result of the secondary school examinations, the presence of failures or changes of schools (added in model 2)

7. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH METHOD Two complementary paths logistic regressions + social representations

8. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH RESULTS housewife mother/breadwinner father and scholastic unsuccess?

9. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH Influence of Housewife-mother on…betastandard error Exp (beta) 95% Confidence Interval Attend Liceo 1995 (mod 1)-,137,047,872,795,955 Attend Liceo 1995 (mod 2)-,186,053,830,748,921 Attend Liceo 1995 F (mod 2)-,249,069,780,681,893 Attend Liceo 1995 M (mod 2)-,095,085,909,7711,073 Attend Liceo 1998 (mod 1)-,103,051,902,816,997 Attend Liceo 1998 (mod 2)-,190,059,827,737,928 Attend Liceo 1998 F (mod 2)-,211,076,810,698,939 Attend Liceo 1998 M (mod 2)-,145,094,865,7201,040

10. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH Influence of Housewife-mother on…betastandard error Exp (beta) 95% Confidence Interval Pursuing studies 1995 (mod 1)-,154,038,857,796,923 Pursuing studies 1995 (mod 2)-,203,046,816,746,893 Pursuing studies 1995 F (mod 2)-,164,060,849,754,955 Pursuing studies 1995 M (mod 2)-,263,071,769,668,884 Pursuing studies 1998 (mod 1)-,083,035,920,859,986 Pursuing studies 1998 (mod 2)-,109,042,896,826,973 Pursuing studies 1998 F (mod 2)-,121,054,886,796,986 Pursuing studies 1998 M (mod 2)-,098,066,907,7961,033

11. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH DISCUSSION Need for achievement? Analysis of social representations (30 texts: Italian novels and poems) = father tends to develop male model of success and the girls are considered “not-suitable” for studies or an important career mother transmits values oriented to obedience instead of autonomy

12. University of Eastern Piedmont DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL RESEARCH CONCLUSION logistic regressions and social representations: same results? housewife mother and breadwinner father in a family especially in the high position = decreasing of “need for achievement” in the children