The article seeks to present the extent of class membership inheritance among young adults inhabiting towns studied within the framework of the PROFIT project based on results of the 'Young adults at risk' survey. Main theoretical background of the article is Pierre Bordieu's concept of habitus. Class analysis is applied with the use of simplified form of EGP classification.
The article is based on the results of the PROFIT project collected during research conducted in Finland by the research team from University of Turku. It summarizes main findings from all qualitative research stages: interviews with parliamentary politicians, who are in charge of creation and implementation of social policy; group interviews with local stakeholders who are responsible for the social affairs in towns under study and in-depth interviews with young adults who are end-users of the social policy. The authors also make an attempt to present some recommendations for policy makers, based on the research outcomes.
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