Entry:

Zagorski, Krzysztof, "Class, Prestige and Status Attainment in Comparative Perspective," International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 26 (1985), 167-180.


Abstract:

Crossnational comparison of nonagricultural prestige and SES status are easier and more reliable than doing so with farmers whose occupational status varies across societies. Models of status attainment predict occupational prestige better than business ownership.

GSS Years:

1972-4

Other Data Sets:

Australian Social Mobility Project 1973; Polish Socio-occupational Mobility Survey 1972; Polish Academy of Sciences 1976

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
OCC

RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)

PAOCC16

FATHERS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)

PAEDUC

"HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED