Cultural capital is positively related to school success, in particular to high school grades. Cultural Capital mediates the relationship between family background and school outcomes. Cultural capital's impact on school success is largely net that of family background. Returns to cultural capital are highest for students who are least advantaged. In measuring cultural capital student self reports are used.
High culture is the point of reference.
Three things were measured. Four separate factors are identified. Three cultural information tests scores. The expectation that knowledge of one type of high culture will be related to another type. If a person has mastery of one, then they will be familiar with others.