Stability and Change in the Prestige Rankings of Occupations Over 49 Years.

Plata, Maximino

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Publication Date: 1975

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Stability and Change in the Prestige Rankings of Occupations Over 49 Years

Plata, Maximino

Journal of Vocational Behavior, 6, 1, 95-99, Feb 75

The social status of occupations has remained stable over a 49-year period beginning with Count's study that found occupations in a well-defined prestige order. This prestige hierarchy has obtained throughout several replicated studies, some of which controlled the variables of race, educational level and sex. (Author)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Followup Studies, Organization, Research Projects, Social Change, Social Influences, Social Status

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