On the Measurement of Occupation in Social Surveys

David L. Featherman and Robert M. Hauser
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David L. Featherman: Department of Rural Sociology University of Wisconsin
Robert M. Hauser: Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin

Sociological Methods & Research, 1973, vol. 2, issue 2, 239-251

Abstract: Students of social inequality and stratification, especially those outside the discipline of sociology, frequently underestimate the quality of information on employment and occupation which can be elicited in social surveys. A brief overview of the current technology of occupation classification and scaling is offered in the hope of encouraging researchers to adopt more or less standard conventions which would render their work more reliable, valid, and comparable.

Date: 1973
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