Summary information

Study title

Prestige and Association in an Urban Community

Creator

Laumann, Edward O. (Joint Center for Urban Studies, M.I.T. and Harvard University )

Study number / PID

ZA0370, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.0370 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

The significance of occupational prestige and social classes in two American cities. Topics: Economic ideology; attitude to business concentration, trade unions, entrepreneurs, strike, co-determination and government takeover of supply companies; self-assessment of social class and criteria for the assessment of social class; friendships; neighborhood contacts; feeling of belonging and class consciousness; social mobility; work satisfaction; significance of occupational prospects of promotion; local residency; memberships; party preference. Scale: social distance from selected occupations. Demography: age; marital status; number of children; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation; professional position; professional career; social origins.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

06/1963 - 07/1963

Country

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Stratified random sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1963

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

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