Social and cultural mobility: rising to the middle class and cultural practices in contemporary Finland

Abstract How does social mobility influence cultural taste and participation? Cultural reproduction theory predicts little change, while suggests more substantial makeover. This article explores the of upward educational occupational in reading literature, participation highbrow activities, television watching, music food tastes, focusing on from secondary-level education working class to higher middle class. By analysing survey data (N = 2,813) collected Finland 2007 2018 with ordinary least squares regression, we show that are mostly differently related tastes participation. Both educationally occupationally upwardly mobile people tend participate watch less dislike meat-heavy food, as is typical their destination than origins. Conversely, mobile, again destination, read books, like light-ethnic classical music, popular folk, but not associated or liking retain original folk when controlled for. We discuss implications our results.