Summary information

Study title

Social Mobility in Italy, 1985

Creator

Cobalti, A., Universita di Trieste, Dipartimento Scienze Dell'uomo
Schizzerotto, A., Universita di Trento, Dipartimento di Politica Sociale
De Lillo, A., Universita di Trento, Dipartimento di Politica Sociale
Barbagli, M., Universita di Bologna, Dipartimento Scienze Dell'educazione

Study number / PID

3151 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3151-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To construct social mobility tables (also by gender, cohort and region) for contemporary Italy, taking account of educational variables.
Main Topics:

Occupational mobility; social mobility; education; homo-heterogamy; gender inequality; geographical mobility.
Measurement Scales
De Lillo-Schizzerotto (DESC) scale of social ranking and occupational groups; directly coded from detailed occupational information
De Lillo, A. and Schizzerotto, A., <i>La valutazione sociale delle occupazioni : una scala di stratificazione occupazionale per l'Italia contemporanea</i> (Bologna : Il Mulino, 1985).

Methodology

Data collection period

01/09/1985 - 01/11/1985

Country

Italy

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
National
Italian adults

Universe

Male and female adult Italians aged 18-65 years.

Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1994

Terms of data access

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Related publications

  • Schizzerotto, A. and Cobalti, A. (1993) 'Inequality of educational opportunity in Italy' , Boulder, CO | Oxford: Westview Press. ISBN0-8133-1121-7
  • Schizzerotto, A. and Schadee, H. (1987) 'The collective perception of occupational inequalities in contemporary Italy:: multidimensional evaluations and one-dimensional scales', European Sociological Review, 127–144
  • Cobalti, A. (1990) 'Schooling inequalities in Italy:: trends over time', European Sociological Review, 199–214
  • De Lillo, A. and Schizzerotto, A. (1985) La valutazione sociale delle occupazioni :: una scala di stratificazione occupazionale per l'Italia contemporanea, Bologna, Italy: Il Mulino.
  • Cobalti, A. (1989) 'A relative mobility table :: a modest proposal', Quality and Quantity, 205–220