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This book explores how structures of social inequality are linked to the social connections that people hold. The authors focus upon occupational inequalities where they see, for example, that the typical friendship patterns of people from one occupation

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Social Inequalities and Occupational Stratification

Paul Lambert • Dave Griffiths

Social Inequalities and Occupational Stratification Methods and Concepts in the Analysis of Social Distance

Paul Lambert University of Stirling Stirling, UK

Dave Griffiths University of Stirling Stirling, UK

ISBN 978-1-137-02252-3    ISBN 978-1-137-02253-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-02253-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018933593 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Macmillan Publishers Ltd. part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom

Contents

1 Introduction   1 2 Homophily and Endogamy  13 3 Measures of Social Stratification  35 4 CAMSIS and the Analysis of Social Interaction Distance  71 5 Evaluating CAMSIS Scales 107 6 Constructing CAMSIS Scales 139 7 Networked Occupations 187 8 Social Network Analysis of Occupational Connections 209 9 Occupational-Level Residuals and Distributional Parameters 247 v

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10 Social Interactions and Educational Inequality 279 11 Exploiting Non-standard Dimension Scores and Network Structures in the Analysis of Social Interactions Between Occupations 313 12 Conclusions 337 Bibliography 351 Index 375

List of Figures

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A sociogram depicting ‘networked occupations’ (i.e. links between those occupations whose incumbents are disproportionately likely to have social connections with each oth