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Measuring inequality in a cross-tabulation with ordered categories: from the Gini coefficient to the Tog coefficient
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Lampard, Richard (2000) Measuring inequality in a cross-tabulation with ordered categories: from the Gini coefficient to the Tog coefficient. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Vol.3 (No.1). pp. 1-14. doi:10.1080/136455700294897
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/136455700294897
Abstract
This paper introduces the Tog coefficient, which can be used to measure the level of inequality in a cross-tabulation of two ordinal-level variables. The Gini coefficient is a standard measure of income inequality which has been adapted by other authors for use in different contexts such as the measurement of health inequalities and the quantification of occupational segregation; the Tog coefficient represents a further stage in this process of development. The paper outlines the construction of the Tog coefficient and illustrates this using a social mobility table based on data from the 1972 Oxford Mobility Study. The trend in social mobility-related inequality as measured by the Tog coefficient is compared with the findings of Goldthorpe et al. based on odds ratios. A more elaborate application of the Tog coefficient uses a variety of data relating to the similarity of spouses' class backgrounds to demonstrate the existence of a long-term decline in the level of inequality in British society.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Gini coefficient, Income distribution -- Mathematical models, Social mobility -- Mathematical models, Inequality -- Statistical methods, Mathematical statistics -- Great Britain | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Social Research Methodology | ||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
| ISSN: | 1364-5579 | ||||
| Official Date: | January 2000 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.3 | ||||
| Number: | No.1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-14 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/136455700294897 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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