A Multidimensional Approach for Measuring Meritocratic Beliefs: Advantages, Limitations and Alternatives to the ISSP Social Inequality Survey

Castillo, Juan Carlos; Iturra, Julio; Maldonado, Luis; Atria, Jorge; Meneses, Francisco

doi:10.1080/00207659.2023.2274712

International Journal of Sociology

2023

DOI: 10.1080/00207659.2023.2274712

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A Multidimensional Approach for Measuring Meritocratic Beliefs: Advantages, Limitations and Alternatives to the ISSP Social Inequality Survey

Juan Carlos Castillo,

Julio Iturra,

Luis Maldonado

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Meritocratic beliefs in the United States, Finland, and China: A multidimensional approach using latent class analysis

Zhu

2024

British Journal of Sociology

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This study employs latent class analysis (LCA) as a novel methodology to investigate the multidimensional nature of meritocratic beliefs, addressing the limitations of traditional unidimensional approaches. Using data from the International Social Survey Program 2009 for the United States, Finland, and China, this study demonstrates several advantages of this multidimensional approach. First, LCA effectively identifies dual consciousness, where individuals simultaneously endorse meritocratic and structuralist explanations of social stratification. The analysis reveals three distinct narratives explaining social stratification: purely meritocratic beliefs, predominantly meritocratic beliefs, and dual consciousness. While all three subtypes consider merits highly important, they differ in their perceived importance of structural factors. Second, LCA facilitates cross‐national comparisons, unveiling qualitative typological variations in meritocratic beliefs across countries. Unique country‐specific subtypes or patterns emerge: Finland exhibits purely meritocratic beliefs, the United States shows predominantly meritocratic beliefs, and China demonstrates a dominance of dual consciousness. Although dual consciousness exists in all three countries, its prevalence varies significantly—dominant in China, moderate in the United States, and least in Finland. Third, this study reveals that the effect of education on meritocratic beliefs varies across the three countries. Education strengthens individual meritocratic beliefs in the United States, weakens them in Finland, and shows no significant effect in China. These findings highlight both within‐country and across‐country heterogeneity of meritocratic beliefs, underscoring the importance of a multidimensional approach.

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Meritocratic beliefs in the United States, Finland, and China: A multidimensional approach using latent class analysis

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2024

British Journal of Sociology

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A Multidimensional Approach for Measuring Meritocratic Beliefs: Advantages, Limitations and Alternatives to the ISSP Social Inequality Survey

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Meritocratic beliefs in the United States, Finland, and China: A multidimensional approach using latent class analysis

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