Study of Occupational Prestige, 1947

This 1947 NORC study of occupational prestige uses the Alphabetical Index of Occupations and Industries, published by the US Bureau of the Census, 140 Edition. The study was carried out to measure patterns of occupational status inheritance in the United States. Data were collected on three generations of occupational history for men and women in a nationally representative study. Questions include occupational goals and decisions, work history, occupation, industry, perceptions of occupations, educational goals and history, veteran status, father's work history, occupation and industry, home ownership, presidential preferences and vote in 1944, age, sex and race (white or black).