“…Mostly, the measure of status attainment has been occupational class (Bond & Saunders, 1999;Judge et al, 1999;Wang et al, 1999;Breen & Goldthorpe, 1999, 2001, 2002Saunders, 2002;Thienpont & Verleye, 2003;Nettle, 2003;Breen & Jonsson, 2005;Deary et al, 2005) or educational attainment (Heath et al, 1985;Tambs et al, 1989;Hernstein & Murray, 1994;Lindbekk, 1998;Wang et al, 1999;Marks & McMillan, 2003;Thienpont & Verleye, 2003;Breen & Jonsson, 2005;Deary et al, 2005;Nielsen, 2006). Income level has also been applied (Judge et al, 1999;Bowles & Gintis, 2002).…”