Occupational Prestige in Australia: A New Scale
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Sociology
- Vol. 25 (2) , 187-197
- https://doi.org/10.1177/144078338902500202
Abstract
The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently released a new occupational classification, the Australian Standard Classifi cation of Occupations. Unlike its predecessor, the new classifi cation is skill-based. In this research note, I use a public use sample from the 1986 Census, the ASCO/CCLO link file, and other census data, to explore the structural basis of the two main Australian prestige scales. I also present a new socio- economic status scale, the ANU3 scale, for use with the Aus tralian occupational classification.Keywords
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