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| Occupational stratification, social associations, and short term life transitions | |
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English |
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http://iserwww.essex.ac.uk/activities/conferences/epunet-2003/docs/pdf/papers/lambert.pdf
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Abstract
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We begin this paper with a discussion of the use of occupational based measures of social stratification inequalities for internationally comparative research. In particular, we concentrate on the family of ’CAMSIS’ measures, datasets of scores assigned to occupational units which reflect the relative patterns of social association exhibited by holders of those units. CAMSIS versions are produced for multiple countries, and, in a recent project, scale scores were derived, analysed and made publicly available for 11 countries with appropriate information from the CHER panel dataset (see www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/CAMSIS/cher.html ). Basic properties of CAMSIS occupational scores are assessed in terms of their relations to other variables in the CHER dataset, and their properties compared to those of another comparable occupational measure, ‘ISEI’ scores. An increasingly highlighted problem with occupationally based measures of social stratification, however, is of how to treat the many people who are not in full time current employment. Moreover, the CAMSIS measures, specifically, are derived using information on 'both-working cross-gender' couples, and it could be argued that any people not living in this particular household situation are, also, poorly represented by this occupational measure. By exploring short term transitions between both alternative employment situations, and alternative household types, we can assess the substance behind some of these concerns. Thus, using panel data from the CHER studies, we summarise patterns and cross-national variations in the extent of employment and household type transitions between annual recontacts; the relationships between those transitions and occupational representations of stratification; and subsequent variations in the associations between those occupational measures and other measures related to stratification inequalities, such as income, education, and subjective satisfaction. |
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Reference
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Lambert, Paul, Prandy, Kenneth (2003 July) 'Occupational stratification, social associations, and short term life transitions', EPUNet-2003 Conference: the conference of the European Panel |
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Authors
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Paul Lambert, Kenneth Prandy |
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Countries included
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Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, United Kingdom |
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ECHP Waves
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1996, 1998, 1999 |
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Institutions Involved
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Cardiff University, Stirling University, UK |
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