READ ME file for Qualitative Phase of Data Collection ‘Employability and Capitals: The Role of Socio-economic background’ Dataset DOI: ReadMe Author: Hazel McCafferty, University of Southampton, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1606-5891 This dataset supports the thesis entitled: ‘Employability and Capitals: The Role of Socio-economic background’ AWARDED BY: University of Southampton DATE OF AWARD: 2024 DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA This dataset includes transcripts from 25 interviews conducted in support of the PhD project as above. The interviews were conducted online via Microsoft teams. The transcripts were created in MS Word. Date of data collection: January 2022 – July 2022 Geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton This work was supported by the ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership under Grant No: ES/P000673/1. Dataset available under CC BY licence with restricted access. Related publication: McCafferty, H., Tomlinson, M., & Kirby, S. (2024). ‘You have to work ten times harder’: first-in-family students, employability and capital development. Journal of Education and Work, 37(1–4), 32–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2024.2383561 Full ethical approval for this study was obtained via the University of Southampton, Faculty of Social Sciences Committee, ERGO number: 69347. Publisher: University of Southampton, U.K. Date: xxxxx