C hapter 2 provides the rationale for the areas o f inquiry investigated in the rem ainder o f the book. [...] N or will the study deal directly with o ther issues related to mobility such as the de-skilling o f labour o r the existence o f a credential society in which the labour force is over-educated fo r its needs. [...] Because this model decomposes the association between family o f. origin characteristics and the respondent’s occupational status into the intervening attainm ents o f education an d. first-job status, it is especially useful in showing the mechanisms by which social origins affect the socioeconomic statuses o f the offspring. [...] T hus, despite the criticisms that have been m ade o f the conventional linking o f occupational change, the growth o f education, and. [...] The Origins of the 1973 Canadian Mobility Study T he genre o f empirical studies, o f. which o u r study is a part, had its beginnings in the early 1950s with the investigation o f social mobility in G reat Britain, carried ou t u n d er the direction o f. David V. Glass (1954).
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-539)
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- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- ©1985
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- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 305.5/13/0971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780773581043 0886290236
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- HN110.Z9
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- S615 1985eb
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- 1 electronic text (vii, 539 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00234712 (OCoLC)887633625 (CaOOCEL)435847
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- Title proper/short title
- Studies in mobility and status attainment in Canada
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- The Carleton Library 3
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Preface 6
- Contents 10
- 1. Introduction: The Canadian Mobility Study; Approaches and Procedures 12
- 2. Canada: The Societal Content of Occupational Allocation 40
- 3. Mobility and Attainment in Canada: the Effects of Origin 78
- 4. Educational and Occupational Attainment: Individual Achievement 112
- 5. Comparisons over Time 174
- 6. Family Size and Status Attainment 212
- 7. Educational and Occupational Attainments of Native-born Canadian Men and Women 240
- 8. Occupational Mobility among Women 308
- 9. Language and Mobility: A Comparison of Three Groups 346
- 10. Ethnic Origin and Occupational Attainment 368
- 11. Immigration and Occupational Attainment in Canada 404
- 12. Nativity: Further Considerations 458
- 13. Internal Migration and Occupational Attainment 490
- 14. A Summary and Concluding Comments 524
- Appendix 1:1. Job Mobility Survey 540
- 1:2. Bibliography 548
