School's out forever? Heavy metal preferences and higher education.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Cultural behaviors are theoretically linked to future life chances but empirical literature is scant. We use heavy metal as an example of cultural identities due to its high salience. We first assess the social morphology of metal preferences in terms of socio-economic and socio-structural positions, and then asses the short term outcomes of being a heavy metal fan on education and health behaviors.

Methods

The analysis was based on a representative random stratified sample of 23-year-olds of native Swedish, Iranian, and Yugoslavian background in contemporary Sweden (n = 2,232). Linear probability models with multiple imputation were used to calculate preferences for metal music and the association of metal preferences with subsequent outcomes.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Hallsten M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6424403 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature