This paper employs Bourdieu’s theory of capital—focusing on family cultural, social, and economic capital—to research the early-stage mechanism through which access to higher education is formed. While all three types of capital play a significant role in acquiring higher education, most studies tend to focus on just one type of capital. In recent years, domestic scholars have also analyzed in detail the family factors affecting children’s access to higher education (CAHE); however, they have not yet explained the mechanism by which these factors influence CAHE, and authentic tests are rare. Therefore, based on existing research, this paper uses the theoretical concept of family capital to reveal how contemporary Chinese families affect their CAHE. This paper analyzes the relationship between family capital, social stratification, and access to higher education opportunities using an econometric model based on baseline data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2010 to 2020, with 10,318 participants, including 4,419 females and 5,899 males. The results of a binary logistic regression analysis show that the possession of family cultural and economic capital has a direct positive influence on CAHE. Children from the elite stratum often benefit more from the accumulation of family cultural capital. Moreover, although it does not form a distinct stratum, the possession of family social capital also significantly influences children’s access to higher education. Driven by China’s political, economic, and social environment, some children from the blue-collar stratum have a comparative advantage in terms of access to higher education. The possession of family capital is an important factor in the stratification of CAHE, and cultural capital is the most influential type of capital. Parents with a low level of education should be encouraged to become engaged in schools and communities to take professional courses in assisted learning, emotional counseling, decision-making, and voluntary service.
BackgroundAs early as before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nearly one billion people worldwide suffered from mental health problems. Of all the mental health conditions, major depressive disorder (MDD) is the leading cause of global health-related burden. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many uncertain factors affecting mental health accumulated, such as virus transmission, blockade and ban, public transport restrictions, closure of schools and enterprises, and reduction of social interaction, which led to an increase in the potential risk of MDD, further increasing the global health-related burden. MethodologyTo better clarify the public interest in major depressive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Google Trends analysis was employed with data from December 2019 to December 2021, taking the cumulative diagnosis rate and cumulative mortality rate of COVID-19 as the reference standard, The changes in public interest and behavior in online searching for major depressive disorder in the three countries most affected by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus (i.e. the United States, Brazil, and India) were evaluated. ResultsWe observed that during the COVID-19 pandemic, public interest in major depressive disorder increased significantly on the Internet. At the same time, compared with the United States, this upward trend is more prominent in India and Brazil. The study found that the major depressive disorder search index of the United States reached the maximum at the end of September 2021, the major depressive disorder search index of Brazil reached the maximum at the beginning of July 2021, and the major depressive disorder search index of India reached the maximum at the beginning of June 2021. The above time nodes are the first turning point of decline after the continuous surge of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the United States, Brazil, and India, indicating that there is an important time correlation between the surge of COVID-19 cases and the public online search term major depressive disorder. ConclusionThe Google Trends analysis shows that public interest in major depressive disorder is on the rise under the COVID-19 pandemic and that COVID-19 may be associated with MDD. These findings deserve further exploration, especially as a growing body of research reports suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in the prevalence of MDD. The epidemic alerts the vast majority of countries to urgently strengthen mental health systems and provide patients with the necessary interventions based on the determinants of poor mental health.
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