A Comparison of Indexes of Socio-Economic Status

Kahl, Joseph A.; Davis, James A.

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“…Our aim is not to increase the already substantial complexity of the field (effectively portrayed by Lambert & Bihagen, 2012), but instead to reduce it: while validating the new scale as a measure of social stratification, we will show that the construct that underlies measures as different as prestige scales, socio-economic indexes (SEIs) and social distance scales is unidimensional, thus reinforcing the conclusions arrived at previously by other authors (see e.g. De Luca et al, 2012;Featherman & Hauser, 1976;Featherman, Jones, & Hauser, 1975;Kahl & Davis, 1955;Kraus, Schild, & Hodge, 1978;Stevens & Featherman, 1981).…”

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“…Actually the conclusion which De Luca et al (2012) arrived at is the last of a series of results confirming that the dimension implied by all gradational measures of social position is unitary (Featherman & Hauser, 1976;Featherman et al, 1975;Griffiths & Lambert, 2012;Kahl & Davis, 1955;Stevens & Featherman, 1981). Hence it might seem unnecessary to proceed further along the path of developing a new continuous measure of social stratification.…”

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A new international measure of social stratification

Meraviglia

Ganzeboom

Luca

2016

Contemporary Social Science

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In this paper we present a new international measure of social stratification, the ICAMS (International Cambridge Scale). Our aim is to bring new evidence to the hypothesis that the construct that underlies measures of social stratification as different as prestige scales, socioeconomic indexes, social distance and social status scales is actually unidimensional. We evaluate the new scale according to both criterion-related and construct validity. Our analysis shows that the ICAMS is a valid indicator of social stratification, being almost as valid as International Socio-Economic Index (ISEI) in what we termed the generic, the homogamy and the social mobility models, and being better than ISEI in the cultural consumption model. The second key result is that all continuous measures we consider (ICAMS, ISEI and Standard International Occupational Prestige Scale) are indicators of the same latent dimension, which is unidimensional. This latter result is compatible with more than one explanation, hence calling for further research.

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A new international measure of social stratification

Meraviglia

Ganzeboom

Luca

2016

Contemporary Social Science

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“…These were median years of schooling and median family income. Education has been the more frequently used variable in composite indices of social class (e.g., Hollingshead, 1957), but education and income are significantly related to one another and to other possible social class measures, including occupation (Atherton, 19Ó2;Hochbaum, Darley, Monachesi, & Bird, 1955;Kahl & Davis, 1955).…”

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A Field Study of Nonverbal Creativity1

Ward

Warren

1971

ETS Research Bulletin Series

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Creative products submitted in response to a contest were examined to discover whether creativity was related to the sex and socioeconomic status of the respondent and whether characteristics of the objects could be specified which would predict their level of rated creativity. No sex difference was found, but socioeconomic status was significantly associated with creativity for those objects to which at least a moderate amount of effort had been devoted. Ratings of the objects on several simple dimensions proved effective in predicting rated creativity. Judges differed on which dimension best predicted their creativity ratings, but differences between subsets of the objects were of greater importance than individual differences among judges in determining the bases on which the ratings were made.

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“…Kahl and Davis (1955) New England City 219 male inter viewees How many strata can be discerned in the community.…”

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“…1940;Lundberg, 1940;Kaufman, 1944Kaufman, , 1945Kaufman, and 1946Lasswell, 1954;and Scudder and Anderson, 1954). A second research interpretation is suggested by a fairly precise estimate of class knowledge, where the degree of ignorance is relatively small, and where the majority of respondents and /or raters demon strate an awareness of the existence of social class (Hollingshead, 1961;Ellis, 1957;Manis and Meitzer, 1954;Lopreato, 1960 and1961;Useem, 1942;Svalastoga, 1956;Hollingshead and Redlich, 1958;Lowis, 1963;Kahl and Davis, 1955;and Mack, 1951).…”

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Social structural and methodological obstacles in class awareness and class identification research

Lowis

1970

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A Comparison of Indexes of Socio-Economic Status

Cited by 120 publications

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A new international measure of social stratification

A new international measure of social stratification

A Field Study of Nonverbal Creativity1

Social structural and methodological obstacles in class awareness and class identification research

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