Research On The Influence Of Family Capital On Individuals’ Access To Higher Education Opportunities

Since the reform and opening up,China’s higher education has developed rapidly.The total enrollment and gross enrollment rate of higher education have increased rapidly.The gross enrollment rate of China’s higher education has reached 48.1% in 2018 and more than 50%in 2019,which indicates that China’s higher education has officially entered the stage of popularization.But it does not mean that people have more opportunities to receive higher education.There is still competition in the access to higher education opportunities,mainly in the form of quantity and quality.The quantity competition shows how many citizens can get higher education opportunities,and the quality competition shows the level of higher education.In quantity competition,there are still vulnerable groups in China,while in quality competition,the imbalance is more serious.The reasons behind the disadvantaged groups and imbalances can be analyzed from the perspective of individual national factors.Individual national factors are mainly reflected in the differences between individuals in economic,cultural,and social factors,and these factors can be summarized by the concept of family capital.Therefore,individual citizens must be largely affected by family capital in the process of obtaining higher education opportunities.Based on Bourdieu’s cultural reproduction theory,combined with relevant academic research,this article analyzes the impact of family capital on individuals’ access to higher education opportunities from a micro perspective,and analyzes the imbalance in the process of nationals’ access to higher education opportunities.s reason.Specifically,the article uses family capital theory as a basis,draws on relevant academic research,selects variables from three dimensions of family economic capital,family cultural capital,and family social capital,and uses the Logit model to study the impact of family capital on individuals’ access to higher education opportunities.Specifically,it can be divided into three contents: 1.Study the impact of family capital on individuals’ access to higher education opportunities(in terms of quantitative competition).2.Study the impact of family capital on individuals’ access to higher education opportunities at different levels(in terms of quality competition).3.To study the heterogeneity of the influence of family capital on individuals’ access to higher education opportunities in areas with different levels of economic development.The results of the study show that family capital has a significant impact on individuals’ access to higher education.For obtaining different levels of higher education opportunities,the impact of family capital is still significant,and the higher the level of higher education,the greater the impact of family economic capital and family cultural capital.In regions with different levels of economic development,the three dimensions of family capital have a significant impact on individuals’ access to higher education opportunities,and the effect is heterogeneous.