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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Occupational prestige"”.
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Occupational Prestige Opinions of Iowa High School Seniors : (the 1976 Iowa Survey of Occupational Prestige)
… If other factors are equal, or nearly so, occupational choice will be based upon status -- and this is believed to be a combination of economic factors and prestige. Given the importance of occupational prestige as a factor in occupational choice, the problem is to obtain current and …
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What is a ‘Good’ Job? Cultural Logics of Occupational Prestige
… way that inequality is reproduced in the occupational structure. While much research has been devoted to the causes and consequences of material valuation of occupations (especially pay), this overemphasis on class has neglected status. Sociologists have traditionally measured status …
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Self-evaluations and perceived evaluations of occupational prestige: a study of podiatrists
Occupational prestige has a long history of sociological investigation in terms of the overall rankings assigned to a wide variety of occupations. However, few studies have examined intraoccupational differences in prestige or how individuals rate the prestige of their own profession. Utilizing a …
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The Relationship of Interpersonal Needs, Role-of-Work Definitions, and Occupational Prestige to Marital Structure in Dual-Earner Couples
… study examined couples across a wide range of occupational prestige levels in an effort to determine the relationships of interpersonal needs and personal definiti
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The power of vocational interests and interest congruence in predicting career success
… influential contributor to income, even within occupational groups and after controlling for occupational prestige. Interests were also found to be powerful predictors of college grades, college persistence, degree attainment, and occupational prestige. The effects of interest congruence were …
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Exploring hospitality education as an occupation in Hong Kong: attractions, challenges and commitment.
Occupational prestige is a key consideration for Chinese people when making career choices, due to the influence of Chinese culture. As Chinese culture is characterised by collectivism and a high power distance, hospitality jobs are considered non-professional and accorded a low social status …
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An economic analysis of employment conditions of non-English speaking migrant women in Australia
… categories in the 1996 Census, and uses the ANU2 occupational prestige scale and earnings data from the Census.
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Factors affecting parental satisfaction and acceptance/rejection in mothers participating in the Women, Infants, and Children Program
… age, educational level, employment status, occupational prestige, marital status, living arrangements, number of children, age of oldest child, spank, reason, and praIse) and their predictive value to parental satisfaction using mothers participating in a federally funded Women, Infants, and …
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Connected by Underground Wires
… speed and frequency predict weekly earnings and occupational prestige. Those with greater variety in internet behavior, faster connection speed, and higher internet frequency are predicted to have greater opportunity for status attainment. Greater variety in internet behavior is associated with …
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Economic and Parent-Adolescent Relationship Capital Predicting Educational Outcomes
… were family income, parent education, and parent occupational prestige. Relationship capital variables included: closeness to parents, expectations for schooling, parental values, and parent trust. The three economic capital variables, expectations for schooling, and parent trust all significantly …
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Adolescent Mothers' Relationships With Their Children's Biological Fathers: Social Support, Social Strain, and Relationship Continuity
… (e.g., new partner support). Higher father occupational prestige was associated with of some types of support (e.g., childcare) but was also associated with more disappointment with fathers. Results indicated that father support was not associated with adolescent mothers' psychological …
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An Analysis of the Changing Roles of Female Characters in Newbery Award-Winning Fiction Since 1964
… character into one of five categories of the "Occupational Prestige Rating Scale'' (Appendix A), based mainly on salary ranges. Major or supporting female characters were categorized by the "Leadership Potential Scale'' (Appendix B), based on leadership qualities described in each of the five …
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Wife abuse in Thailand
… are tested, one using traditional items--income, occupational prestige, and education, and another measure incorporating several possessions, such as automobiles, appliances, and entertainment items. While the bivariate analysis showed little correlation among the independent variables and wife …
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Selected differences between co-op and non co-op engineering graduates
… socio-economic attributes (educational level and occupational prestige) seems to increase with time, with closer relationships to current salaries than to first ones.
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An analysis of predictors of child rearing strategies for low income mothers
… level of personal adjustment, marital status, occupational prestige, and region of residence. Analysis revealed that race-ethnicity, educational attainment, level of acceptance, level of flexibility, and region of residence were consistent predictors of child rearing strategies. Predictors came …
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