Duncan: Duncan's Occupational Prestige Data
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Description
Usage
Format
Source
References
Description
The Duncan data frame has 45 rows and 4 columns.
Data on the prestige and other characteristics of 45 U. S. occupations in 1950.
Usage
1
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
- type
Type of occupation.
A factor with the following levels:
prof, professional and managerial;
wc, white-collar;
bc, blue-collar.
- income
Percentage of occupational incumbents in the 1950 US Census who earned $3,500 or more per year (about $36,000 in 2017 US dollars).
- education
Percentage of occupational incumbents in 1950 who were high school graduates (which, were we cynical, we would say is roughly equivalent to a PhD in 2017)
- prestige
Percentage of respondents in a social survey who rated the occupation as “good” or better in prestige
Source
Duncan, O. D. (1961)
A socioeconomic index for all occupations.
In Reiss, A. J., Jr. (Ed.)
Occupations and Social Status. Free Press
[Table VI-1].
References
Fox, J. (2016)
Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models,
Third Edition. Sage.
Fox, J. and Weisberg, S. (2019)
An R Companion to Applied Regression, Third Edition, Sage.
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Description Usage Format Source References
Description
The Duncan data frame has 45 rows and 4 columns.
Data on the prestige and other characteristics of 45 U. S. occupations in 1950.
Usage
1 |
Format
This data frame contains the following columns:
- type
Type of occupation. A factor with the following levels:
prof, professional and managerial;wc, white-collar;bc, blue-collar.- income
Percentage of occupational incumbents in the 1950 US Census who earned $3,500 or more per year (about $36,000 in 2017 US dollars).
- education
Percentage of occupational incumbents in 1950 who were high school graduates (which, were we cynical, we would say is roughly equivalent to a PhD in 2017)
- prestige
Percentage of respondents in a social survey who rated the occupation as “good” or better in prestige
Source
Duncan, O. D. (1961) A socioeconomic index for all occupations. In Reiss, A. J., Jr. (Ed.) Occupations and Social Status. Free Press [Table VI-1].
References
Fox, J. (2016) Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models, Third Edition. Sage.
Fox, J. and Weisberg, S. (2019) An R Companion to Applied Regression, Third Edition, Sage.
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