Material Deprivation Theory - Fear of Debt

Question 1

What did Callender and Jackson find?

Answer 1

attitudes to debt was important in deciding whether to apply to university. the most debt adverse (typically wc) were over 5x less likely to apply than the most debt tolerant students (typically mc)

Question 2

What did Reay find?

Answer 2

working class students were more likely to apply to local universities so that they could live at home and save on travel costs which gave them less opportunity to go to the higher status universities and were more likely to work part time to fund their studies making it more difficult to gain higher education degrees

Question 3

What did a National Union of Students survey find?

Answer 3

of 3,863 students found that 81% of those from the highest social class received help from home, as against only 43% of those from lowest class

Question 4

What does fear of debt and more limited financial support help to explain for?

Answer 4

why only 30% of university students come from working-class backgrounds despite the fact that this group accounts for around 50% of the population

Question 5

What is a criticisms of the view of fear of debt as a reason as to why working class children underachieve?

Answer 5

while material factors play a role in achievement, the fact that some children from poor families do succeed suggests that material deprivation is any part of the explanation