Entry:

Ganzeboom, Harry B.G.; Luijkx, Ruud; and Treiman, Donald J., "Intergenerational Class Mobility in Comparative Perspective," Paper presented to the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August, 1988.


Abstract:

This paper presents an ongoing project to assemble a comprehensive new set of intergenerational mobility tables for a large number of countries. By using multiple tables for countries, the authors lessen problems of measurement incomparability and other sorts of unreliability.

GSS Years:

1972-86

Other Data Sets:

Authors examined data from 126 intergenerational class mobility tables including: Political Action Survey 1974; European Community Study 1971; All India Politician Poll 1963; NORC 1947; Health Election Study 1983

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
OCC

RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)

WRKSLF

R SELF-EMP OR WORKS FOR SOMEBODY

WKSUB

DOES R OR SPOUSE HAVE SUPERVISOR

WKSUBS

DOES SUPERVISOR HAVE SUPERVISOR

WKSUP

DOES R OR SPOUSE SUPERVISE ANYONE

WKSUPS

DOES SUBORDINATE SUPERVISE ANYONE

PAOCC80

FATHERS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1980)