Assessing the Socio-Economic Status of Families
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 2326344 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Albert F Osborn (autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1987 |
| Volumen | 21 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 429-448 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1987-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038587021003008 |
| OpenAlex | W2060068441 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 6 |
| Referencias citadas | 21 |
Occupational classifications have long been the conventional method of assigning individuals, families and household to social class or socio-economic status positions. This practice has been subject to mounting criticism in recent years, either because of doubts about the validity of scales such as the OPCS Classification of Occupations or because of objections to the use of husbands' occupations to assign their wives and families to a class position. This article reviews this debate, and proposes an alternative method of assessing the socio-economic status of families by means of a composite Social Index comprising seven social indicators: occupation and education of the heads of household, housing tenure, type of accommodation, persons per room, car and telephone ownership. The construction and rationale of the Index are described and its special advantages explained. These include the capability of providing an assessment of the socio-economic status of single-parent families having no relevant occupational information, and increased sensitivity and reliability compared with OPCS social class
Accommodation · Class (philosophy) · Criticism · Demographic economics · Economics · Housing tenure · Index (typography) · Occupational prestige · Political science · Position (finance) · Social class · Social position · Social relation · Social science · Social status · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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Social Stratification and Occupations
Women and Stratification
Women and Class Analysis
Women and Class Analysis
Women's Jobs do Make a Difference
Social Stratification and Occupations
The Structure of Disadvantage
Women and Employment
The Rationale for a Composite Index of Social Class and Its Evaluation
A Note on the Changing Status of the Registrar General's Classification of Occupations
Sociological Measurement
On the Analytical Division of Social Class
The Genesis of the Registrar-General's Social Classification of Occupations
The Social Grading of Occupations. A New Approach and Scale
Longitudinal Study
Social Class and Mental Illness
On the Class Mobility of Women
Integrating Women into Class Theory
Social Class of Men, Women and Families
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Measuring 'Social Class
| Obras citantes distintas | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,16 |
| Intervalo de citas | 1989 - 2014 (26) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 5 |