Occupations and Social Status

Abstract

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Ethnic Group and Social Class Differences in College Students' Career Development

“…In reviewing numerous studies of social class that date back as far as the mid 1950s (e.g., Hollingshead & Redlich, 1958;Kahl & Davis, 19551, Lundberg (1974) reported that occupation is the best single indicator of social class positions. Thus, this study measured participants' social class with the Duncan Index (Reiss, Duncan, Hatt, &North, 1961). This index, which has been used in various other studies of college students' career development (e.g., Healy, Mitchell, & Mourton, 1987;Luzzo, 19911, provides a weighted index of a person's current or past occupation.…”

The Impact of Measurement Error on Wage Decompositions: Evidence From the British Household Panel Survey and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey

“…These descriptions are coded to standard occupational codes used by the National Statistical Offices in Australia and Britain, respectively (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006; Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 1990). It is commonly argued that more prestigious occupations tend to be remunerated more highly in labor markets (Ganzeboom and Treiman 2003;Goldthorpe and Hope 1974;Magnusson 2009;Reiss 1961). Occupation codes were therefore converted to continuous prestige scores, which reflect the social standing of occupations specific to both the UK and Australia.…”

Gender Differences in Mental Health Problems and Violence Among Chicago Youth

“…Race was coded as 0 ¼ White, 1 ¼ Hispanic/Latino, and 2 ¼ non-White (mostly Black/African American [89.9%]; reference category). Family SES relies on the parent-reported Duncan Socioeconomic Index (Reiss, 1961), which ranges from 1 to 100, with 100 being the ''excellent'' or highest social stratification level. For analyses, SES was trichotomous based on quartiles such that 0 ¼ top 25th percentile or high SES, 1 ¼ middle 50th percentile or middle SES, and 2 ¼ bottom 25th percentile or low SES (reference category).…”