Subjective social class has a bad name, but predicts life chances well

Oesch, Daniel; Vigna, Nathalie

doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2023.100759

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“…While many researchers prefer objective class‐based indicators such as occupation or employment relationships, it also gives rise to challenges in terms of conceptualization and operationalization. A precoded measure of the subjective class has been demonstrated to perform well as a measure of people's material situation (Oesch & Vigna, 2023).…”

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Can a change in the leadership of a populist radical right party be traced among voters? The case of the Finns Party

Söderlund,

Grönlund

2024

Scand Pol Stud

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What happens to the electorate of a populist radical right party when the party splits? Finland provides an excellent case for an analysis of this nature. In 2017, the Finns Party split due to an internal rift. Party leadership was taken over by members of the party's anti‐immigrant faction, who, in the election of 2019, succeeded in replicating the party's previous electoral successes in 2011 and 2015. At the same time, the moderate faction that split from the party was wiped out in the election. In the election of 2023, the party gained yet another victory. Using the Finnish National Election Studies (2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023), we examine whether the party's transformation to a more anti‐immigrant populist radical right party is reflected in the policy positions and sociodemographic composition of the party's electorate. Our findings show that the electorate came to reflect the change in leadership after the party split. Furthermore, we are able to demonstrate that the pattern prevails in the newest election of 2023 under the leadership of Riikka Purra.

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Can a change in the leadership of a populist radical right party be traced among voters? The case of the Finns Party

Söderlund,

Grönlund

2024

Scand Pol Stud

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“…And an analysis based on data from the China Household Tracking Survey (2010-2018) found that both cumulative total household income and marginal improvements in per capita household income enhance the subjective class identity of Chinese residents [31]. Internationally, surveys based on the 2009 and 2019 International Social Survey Program (ISSP) show that the subjective class identity of residents in 55 countries is a good predictor of household incom [32].…”

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How Family Wealth Affects Fertility Intentions: the Roles of Social Media Exposure and Subjective Class Identification

Xia,

Yao

2024

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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Demographic dividend is an important driving force for sustainable economic development in developing countries. In recent years, the Chinese government has introduced a series of policies to encourage fertility, but the fertility rate still continues to decrease, which is likely to have a negative impact on China’s economic development. This study proposes a influencing mechanism model of the fertility intentions of the Chinese population from the perspectives of political economics and social psychology, and validates the model through a national sample survey. It is found that family wealth indirectly and positively affects fertility intentions through Chinese people’s subjective class identification; and social media exposure negatively moderates the relationship between family wealth and subjective class identification. This mechanism provides a theoretical explanation for the current special changes in fertility intentions to a certain extent, and also provides a practical basis for policy makers and media regulators to take measures to stimulate Chinese people’s fertility intentions.

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“…As listed in Table 6, this includes a standard question on subjective social class (Q22) that works fairly well in predicting life chances (Oesch and Vigna 2023). The module also contains a frequently used item asking respondents to place themselves on a 10-point scale/ladder ranging from the top to bottom of society (Q13a).…”

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The ISSP 2019 Social Inequality Module: Country-Comparative Individual-Level Data on Public Beliefs about Inequality and Socioeconomic Conditions Over Three Decades

Roberts,

Struwig,

Edlund

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International Journal of Sociology

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Subjective social class has a bad name, but predicts life chances well

Cited by 10 publications

References 37 publications

Can a change in the leadership of a populist radical right party be traced among voters? The case of the Finns Party

Can a change in the leadership of a populist radical right party be traced among voters? The case of the Finns Party

How Family Wealth Affects Fertility Intentions: the Roles of Social Media Exposure and Subjective Class Identification

The ISSP 2019 Social Inequality Module: Country-Comparative Individual-Level Data on Public Beliefs about Inequality and Socioeconomic Conditions Over Three Decades

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