Vem vill bli socionom? - en studie om social snedrekrytering på Socialhögskolan i Lund

This essay aimed to give a basis for the departement of social work in Lund in its task to recruit students from underrepresented parts of the population to the departement and to the university by presenting which social groups are underrepresentated. The research also aimed to give an explanation of how the backgrounds of the student´s have influenced them and lead them to undertake studies of social work. The main questions were: - What background do the students at the departement of social work have as seen from the variables; sex, age, national background, class, parents' educational level, society of childhood and direction of upper secondary school? - How can the background of the students at the departement of social work be explaned by the theories of Pierre Bourdieu? The research was performed with a quantative method based on a questionnaire. The data received by the questionnaire were compared with data of the general students population and of the population of Sweden at large. The theories of Pierre Bourdieu were used in the analysis. The result of the study shows that women tend to study to a larger extent in general and social work in particular. A background in the higher classes and university graduated parents also increases the likelyhood of university studies, but not social work in particular. Persons with foreign background are underrepresented at the departement of social work and at the universities in Sweden