Occupational Changes in a Generation (1962 and 1973)

Reasons and extent of social mobility in the United States.

Topics: Social and regional mobility; living together with parents at
the age of 16; training; industry branch of current employment; number
of working hours in the past week; weeks of work as well as
unemployment in the past year; longest employment practiced; form of
income; place of birth of parents.

Demography: age; sex; race; marital status; age und number of
siblings; position in sibling sequence; school education; occupation;
employment; income; social origins; city size; state; place of birth

Indices: occupational prestige scores after Siegel for respondent and
parents.