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Connelly, Roxanne, Gayle, Vernon and Lambert, Paul (2016) A review of occupation-based social classifications for social survey research. Methodological Innovations, 9 . pp. 1-14. doi:10.1177/2059799116638003 ISSN 2059-7991.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2059799116638003
Abstract
This article is a review of issues associated with measuring occupations and using occupation-based socio-economic classifications in social science research. The review is orientated towards researchers who undertake secondary analysis of large-scale micro-level social science datasets. This article begins with an outline of how to handle raw occupational information. This is followed by an introduction to the two main approaches to measuring occupations and a third lesser known but intellectually innovative approach. The three approaches are social class schemes, social stratification scales and the microclass approach. International comparisons are briefly described and a discussion of intersectionality with other key variables such as age and gender is provided. We are careful to emphasise that this article does not advocate the uncritical adoption of any one particular occupation-based socio-economic measure over and above other alternatives. Rather, we are advocating that researchers should choose from the portfolio of existing socio-economic measures in an informed and empirically defensible way, and we strongly advocate undertaking sensitivity analyses. We conclude that researchers should always use existing socio-economic measures that have agreed on and well-documented standards. We strongly advise researchers not to develop their own measures without strong justification nor to use existing measures in an un-prescribed or ad hoc manner.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Occupations -- Statistics, Employees -- Economic conditions, Social classes -- Employment , Social stratification -- Employment | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Methodological Innovations | ||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 2059-7991 | ||||||
Official Date: | 19 April 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 9 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-14 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/2059799116638003 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 March 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 July 2016 |
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