| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-24页 |
| 1.1 Habitus and occupational attainment | 第15-19页 |
| 1.1.1 Research on habitus' effects on occupational attainment | 第16-18页 |
| 1.1.2 Theory-based views on occupational attainment | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2 Family backgrounds,cultural capital and occupational attainment | 第19-24页 |
| 1.2.1 Family backgrounds and occupational attainment | 第20-22页 |
| 1.2.2 Cultural capital and occupational attainment | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第24-32页 |
| 2.1 Habitus and field | 第24-27页 |
| 2.2 Cultural capital theory | 第27-29页 |
| 2.3 Discourse analysis—a sociolinguistic perspective | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第32-42页 |
| 3.1 Sampling of the quantitative research | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2 The design and distribution of the questionnaires | 第34-38页 |
| 3.3 Quantitative data processing | 第38-39页 |
| 3.4 Sampling of the qualitative research | 第39-40页 |
| 3.5 Qualitative data processing | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four Analyses of Quantitative Data | 第42-59页 |
| 4.1 Cultural capital and occupational attainment | 第42-45页 |
| 4.2 Family backgrounds and occupational attainment | 第45-53页 |
| 4.3 Other influencing factors and the driving forces of occupational attainment | 第53-56页 |
| 4.4 Frequency statistics of this research | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter Five Analyses of Qualitative Data | 第59-68页 |
| 5.1 Motivations—the inner driving force of occupational attainment | 第59-63页 |
| 5.2 Clear goals and unremitting efforts—guarantee for occupational attainment | 第63-64页 |
| 5.3 Reasonable expectations—the hopes of occupational attainment | 第64-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第76-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Extracts of Transcriptions(interviews) | 第79-85页 |
