The article presents several comments by the authors in response to the book" The
American Occupational Structure," by Peter M. Blau and O. Dudley Duncan. According to …

Analysis of data from a national sample survey conducted in 1957 and comparisons of these
data with the findings of earlier national sample studies suggest that:(1) the current rate of …

A cross-sectional investigation of San Jose, California, was made, and data were gathered
on occupational history, vocational training, income, etc., in an attempt to answer the …

T HIS paper describes patterns of occupational mobility for men in selected pro-fessional
statuses. The data are for 654 sample cases of white males 25 years old and over in the four …

The Process of Stratification: Trends and Analyses discusses the conceptual scheme
developed by Blau and Duncan. The book elaborates Blau and Duncan's description and …

The job histories of 935 respondents in Oakland, California, reveal that the majority of them
have had unstable occupational careers. The findings cast doubt on the assumption that …

Numerous discussions and some previous research have suggested that the United States
and Great Britain should differ in their patterns of social mobility, with Great Britain exhibiting …

The effect of socioeconomic background on occupational attainment is well established. But
the effect of status does not account for all of the association between occupational origins …

This essay is designed to develop a series of concepts which I believe to be helpful in the
understanding of socio-economic mobility, and, in particular, the problems associatedwith …

Regression analysis of occupational mobility is made feasible by recent work providing
socioecomonic status scores for detailed occupations. Data from the Chicago portion of the …