A researcher's guide to the national statistics socio-economic classification / edited by David Rose and David Pevalin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rose, David, 1947 February 17-

Pevalin, David J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--Research--Great Britain.

Social classes.

Social classes--Research.

Great Britain.

Social classes--Great Britain--Statistics.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

xx, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2003.

Summary:

Introducing researchers to all aspects of the new National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC), this indispensable book: fully describes the NS-SEC and elucidates its conceptual basis; guides readers into how the NS-SEC has been val

Contents:

Part I Introduction to the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification 1

1 The NS-SEC Described / David Rose, David J. Pevalin 6

2 The NS-SEC Explained / David Rose, David J. Pevalin 28

Part II The NS-SEC as a measure of employment relations 45

3 Empirical Variation in Employment Relations and Conditions / Abigail McKnight, Peter Elias 50

4 Employment Relations, Employment Conditions and the NS-SEC / Colin Mills, Geoffrey Evans 77

5 Criterion Validity and Occupational Classification: The seven economic relations measures and the NS-SEC / Anthony P.M. Coxon, Kimberly Fisher 107

6 An Initial Exploration of the Employment Conditions of Full-time and Part-time Workers Using the NS-SEC / Kimberly Fisher 131

Part III Construct validation 149

7 Earnings, Unemployment and the NS-SEC / Peter Elias, Abigail McKnight 151

8 Examining Mortality Rates by the NS-SEC Using Death Registration Data and the 1991 Census / Justine Fitzpatrick 173

9 Social Class and the Incidence of Low-weight Births / David J. Pevalin 194

10 Gender, Health and Occupational Classifications in Working and Later Life / Helen Cooper, Sara Arber 205

11 Old and New Social Class Measures: A comparison / Anthony Heath, Jean Martin, Roeland Beerten 226

Part IV Further reflections on the NS-SEC 245

12 The Problem of Lower Sales, Service and Clerical Occupations / David Rose, David J. Pevalin 246

13 The NS-SEC: Overview and conclusions / David Rose, David J. Pevalin 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0761973222

OCLC:

54021991