The Vertical Scaling of Occupations: Some Cautionary Comments and Reflections  

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Grusky, David B. ; Rompaey, Stephen E. Van

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: AJS: American Journal of Sociology vol. 97 no. 06 (May 1992), page 1712-1728.
Topik: socioeconomic scale; SSIC; occupation

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The purpose of this commentary is to locate the symmetric scaling of intergenerational continuity (SSIC) within a detailed typology of vertical scales. In the course of doing so, we establish that SSIC cannot be seen as a "corrected" prestige or socioeconomic scale, nor is it a convincing proxy for the total assets and resources embedded in occupations. We argue that SSIC might be reinterpreted as the dominant dimension underlying patterns of intergenerational contact; however, some of the competing "network scales" tap a broader range of relational processes, and it would therefore be difficult to salvage a major role for SSIC within this tradition. We conclude by asking whether SSIC should be privileged relative to alternative scales that maximize other bivariate correlations.

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