Despite a wealth of research about unequal transitions to adulthood in the U.S., we know less about how classed daily life (or “habitus”) carries with individuals as they age and experience socioeconomic mobility. Taking weekly time spent watching television as a form of class habitus, this research traces the trajectories of television time from adolescence to adulthood using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( = 4,884). Using latent class growth analysis, I find four trajectories of TV time: Falling Watchers (8 %), Rising Watchers (2 %), Rise and Fall Watchers (3 %), and Steady Watchers (86 %). Findings both support and complicate previous understandings of habitus over time. Adolescent socioeconomic measures and socioeconomic mobility were associated with TV trajectory. While the majority of individuals maintained TV time across the life course, TV time habits could also change as individuals aged and these changes were more likely among those who have lower-class experiences.

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媒体习惯的分类轨迹：从青春期到成年的电视时间和社会经济地位

尽管对美国向成年期的不平等过渡进行了大量研究，但我们对随着个人年龄增长和经历社会经济流动性的日常生活（或“惯习”）如何影响个人知之甚少。本研究以每周看电视的时间作为阶级习惯的一种形式，利用国家青少年到成人健康纵向研究 (= 4,884) 追踪了从青春期到成年的看电视时间的轨迹。通过潜在阶层增长分析，我发现电视时间的四种轨迹：下降的观察者（8％），上升的观察者（2％），上升和下降的观察者（3％）和稳定的观察者（86％）。随着时间的推移，这些发现既支持了先前对习惯的理解，又使之复杂化。青少年社会经济指标和社会经济流动性与电视轨迹相关。虽然大多数人在一生中都保持看电视的时间，但看电视的时间习惯也可能随着个人年龄的增长而改变，而这些变化在那些有下层阶级经历的人中更有可能发生。