Mobilising resilience to symbolic violence with Chinese international research students in Australia: a Bourdieusian perspective

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic information of survey respondents.

Demographic information	Distribution		Demographic information	Distribution
	n	%		n		%
Educational and Research Backgrounds			Prior Research Experience
Discipline			0.5–2.5 Research	78		35.0
Social Science	70	31.8	> = 3 Research	70		32.0
Natural Science	72	32.7	No Research	72		33.0
Applied Science	78	35.5	Supervisor Backgrounds
Degree			Numbers of Supervisors
Master candidate	27	12.3	1 supervisor	29		13.0
Master	15	6.8	2 supervisors	80		36.0
PhD candidate	145	65.9	3 supervisors	50		23.0
PhD	33	15.0	> = 4 supervisors	61		28.0
Stage			Supervisors’ Linguistic Backgrounds
First 3 months	29	13.2	all Chinese	33		15.0
Pre-confirmation	51	23.2	all English	69		31.0
Post-confirmation	71	32.3	Chinese + English	89		40.0
External examination	31	14.1	Neither Chinese nor English	18		8.0
Completed	38	17.3	Other Languages	11		5.0
Scholarship			Numbers of Supervisor’s Chinese Candidates
Self-supported	44	20.0	1 Chinese S	54		25.0
China Scholarship Council	57	25.9	2–3 Chinese Ss	68		31.0
Australian fund	98	44.5	4–5 Chinese Ss	47		21.0
Project-funded	19	8.6	>5 Chinese Ss	51		23.0
Other	2	0.9	Family Backgrounds
Numbers of Publications			Family Financial Support
1 Paper	31	14.0	No support	47		21.0
2 Papers	27	12.0	partly support	94		43.0
3–5 Papers	31	14.0	completely support	79		36.0
>5 Papers	24	11.0	Family Accompany
No papers	107	49.0	Accompany	64		29.0
Numbers of Q1 Publication			No Accompany	156		71.0
1 Q1	29	13.0	Educational Levels	Father		Mother
2 Q1	46	21.0		n	%	n	%
> = 3 Q1	38	17.0	Secondary or below	51	23.0	70	32.0
No Q1	107	49.0	High School	56	25.0	42	19.0
Previous Overseas Experience			Junior School	35	16.0	48	22.0
0.5–1 Overseas	28	13.0	Undergraduate	55	25.0	49	22.0
1.5–2 Overseas	26	12.0	Postgraduate	23	10.0	11	5.0
>2.5 Overseas	30	14.0
No Overseas	136	62.0

Figure 1. Patterns of sociology of resilience (dimension 1, horizontal dimension).

Figure 2. Patterns of sociology of resilience (dimension 2, vertical dimension).