With the three sources of family social capital taken together, item 5 of the table shows that sophomores with one sibling, two parents, and a mother's expectation for college (still controlling on other resources of family) have an 8.1% dropout rate; with four siblings, one parent, and no expectation of the mother for college, the rate is 30.6%.

XREF: Connects to broader literature on educational attainment and family background effects, echoing Bourdieu's social capital theory. Builds on: "Single-parent and large families raise teen dropout rates significantly."

Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, loc. 174