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• Studying further in higher education as a human capital investment

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  Hajnalka Fényes

  Márta Mohácsi

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  105

  In our paper, we examine the motives of further studies in higher education among higher education students, as well as how socio-demographic variables modify these motives. Our research method is quantitative. We used a research database gathered in the historical Partium region in 2014 (N = 1792). The theoretical backgrounds of our research are the human capital theory and Bourdieu’s capital conversion model. Based on ten motives of further studies, we made a cluster analysis and examined the relationships of these clusters and the socio-demographic background variables. Our finding is that the most important motive of further studies among students was expanding knowledge. Therefore, the motive of getting higher wages in the future, which is the central aspect in the human capital model, proved to be of minor importance. Based on the capital conversion theory students wanted to gain cultural and social capital when they decided to study further, as both can be profitable for them in the future. However, while the motives of further studies were affected by the social background of students, contrary to our hypothesis, financial motives were not more important for those students coming from disadvantage backgrounds than for other students

• Two sides of one coin: Social network of commuter and their families

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  Éva Huszti

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  69

  People around a person have important roles of the social integration and form of quality of life.
  Changes in the life circumstances like getting a job or changes of the workplaces have significant
  effect to egocentric social network. In a new workplace usually shape new relationships. Then
  again, it is also possible that besides increasing of number of new contacts, there will be those,
  which are drop out from the personal network. Paper shows the rearrange of the personal
  social network of people who works as a commuter and theirs partnerships. Commuter is a
  person who works far from his/her home and he/she goes home weekly or rarely. This topic was
  examined making interviews in 2019 (N=24). On the one hand, these interviews revealed a wide
  and confidant family and kin networks. On the other hand, it seems that, due to the workplaces
  and the common activities at the workplaces and other places (accommodation, shopping etc.), commuter can make new, long-term and confidant friendships which complete his/her family
  relationships and make their social capital stronger.

• Factors that influence matechoice among college women

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  Zsuzsa Kukucska

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  71

  The centre of the study is the influential factors of female students in higher education. As a
  research question, does the institution of marriage continue to be a prominent place among
  female students in higher education as a planned relationship? And, does a person with
  a higher education level of education develop a relationship with a higher educated person,
  therefore achieving homogeneity of relationship? Thereby the choice of coupling is presented in
  addition to the examination of marriage, cohabitation and postponement mechanism, beyond
  the factors influencing partner selection, which are analyzed in a qualitative research of tenpersons. Factors include age, place of residence, origin and religion, separation from parenting,
  educational attainment, material capital and labor market situation, planned duration of the
  relationship and effects of the information age.