Previous research has argued that by discussing and demonstrating cultural tastes, people identify shared preferences and group membership. Nevertheless, it remains relatively unclear to what extent cultural tastes are related to the formation of social network relations. The present study therefore examines the relationship between individuals’ highbrow and popular tastes and their socioeconomic network resources (i.e. the network's level and heterogeneity in terms of education and job status). Additionally, it examines to what extent highbrow tastes are more positively related to the network's socioeconomic status level among higher status groups (cultural reproduction) or lower status groups (cultural mobility). Based on Dutch panel data (2009–2013), the analyses yield three main findings. First, cultural tastes are related to the network's socioeconomic status level, but not to its heterogeneity. That is, individuals with more highbrow tastes, have more (non-kin) network members with a higher education/job status and fewer with a lower education/job status – and highbrow tastes are generally more strongly related to the network's socioeconomic status level than popular tastes. However, individuals with more popular tastes do not have a more heterogeneous network in terms of socioeconomic resources, after controlling for network size. Second, the effect of highbrow tastes on the network's socioeconomic status level is stronger than the reverse effect. Third, there are indications that highbrow tastes are more positively related to the network's socioeconomic status level among lower than higher status groups (cultural mobility).

先前的研究认为，通过讨论和展示文化品味，人们可以确定共同的偏好和群体成员身份。然而，文化品味在多大程度上与社会网络关系的形成相关仍相对不清楚。因此，本研究考察了个人的高雅和流行品味与其社会经济网络资源（即网络在教育和工作状态方面的水平和异质性）之间的关系。此外，它还检查了在较高地位群体（文化再生产）或较低地位群体（文化流动性）中，高雅品味在多大程度上与网络的社会经济地位水平更正相关。基于荷兰面板数据（2009-2013），分析得出三个主要发现。第一的，文化品味与网络的社会经济地位水平有关，但与其异质性无关。也就是说，高品位的个人拥有更多的（非亲属）网络成员具有较高的教育/工作地位，而具有较低教育/工作地位的人则较少——而且高品位通常与网络的社会经济地位水平相关性更强。流行口味。然而，在控制网络规模后，具有更受欢迎品味的个人在社会经济资源方面没有更异构的网络。其次，高雅品位对网络社会经济地位水平的影响强于逆向影响。第三，有迹象表明，高雅品味与网络的正相关性更高