Researchers of social mobility from Peter Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan in the 1960s to Pierre Bourdieu in the 1980s have shown that:
A) cultural capital plays no role in determining social status
B) educational attainment has little to do with ultimate social status
C) the family's social status affects the child's educational attainment
D) only economic capital is inherited; cultural capital can be acquired
E) public education makes up for class background differences among students

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The researchers have shown that a child's educational attainment is affected by the family's social status. This means that children from higher social status families are more likely to attain higher levels of education and ultimately achieve higher social status themselves. This is due to the greater availability of educational resources and better social networks that higher social status families tend to have.

Researchers of Social Mobility from Peter Blau and Otis Dudley