Women's Employment and Children's Cultural Capital: A Study Based on Bourdieu's Theory

The aim of this research is to analyze the effect of women’s employment on children’s cultural capital. Survey method and the questionnaire were utilized. The sample included 276 employed women with 12-17 year old children who lived in Tehran. Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient and multivariate regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses. The results showed significant relationships between the components of cultural capital (embodied, objectified, and institutionalized) and women’s employment among working women’s children