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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Based on a nationally representative survey of 1,200 Mexicans aged 15 and
    older, the present article sets out to predict whether or not respondents possess
    intercultural capital in form of foreign language skills, friendships with foreigners,
    or time spent abroad. The corresponding logistic regression model reveals a panorama
    of striking differences in the likelihood of intercultural capital embodiment
    – between receivers and non-receivers of formal education, between the economically
    affluent and non-affluent, between internet users and non-users, and between men
    and women. The respective findings offer an empirically grounded critique of voluntarist
    notions of personal intercultural development. Most importantly perhaps, they
    raise the question as to how and for how long Mexico and other multicultural countries
    can afford to exclude important parts of their respective populations from the
    acquisition of intercultural capital in terms of foreign language skills, friendships
    with foreigners, and time spent abroad.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Andreas
  full_name: Pöllmann, Andreas
  id: '77437'
  last_name: Pöllmann
  orcid: 0000-0002-9090-2547
citation:
  ama: Pöllmann A. Predictors of intercultural capital embodiment in contemporary
    Mexico. <i>Universidad y Sociedad</i>. 2017;9(5):63-69.
  apa: Pöllmann, A. (2017). Predictors of intercultural capital embodiment in contemporary
    Mexico. <i>Universidad y Sociedad</i>, <i>9</i>(5), 63–69.
  bibtex: '@article{Pöllmann_2017, title={Predictors of intercultural capital embodiment
    in contemporary Mexico}, volume={9}, number={5}, journal={Universidad y Sociedad},
    publisher={Editorial Universo Sur}, author={Pöllmann, Andreas}, year={2017}, pages={63–69}
    }'
  chicago: 'Pöllmann, Andreas. “Predictors of Intercultural Capital Embodiment in
    Contemporary Mexico.” <i>Universidad y Sociedad</i> 9, no. 5 (2017): 63–69.'
  ieee: A. Pöllmann, “Predictors of intercultural capital embodiment in contemporary
    Mexico,” <i>Universidad y Sociedad</i>, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 63–69, 2017.
  mla: Pöllmann, Andreas. “Predictors of Intercultural Capital Embodiment in Contemporary
    Mexico.” <i>Universidad y Sociedad</i>, vol. 9, no. 5, Editorial Universo Sur,
    2017, pp. 63–69.
  short: A. Pöllmann, Universidad y Sociedad 9 (2017) 63–69.
date_created: 2026-08-24T09:00:40Z
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