Title: A researcher's guide to the national statistics socio-economic classification /
Authors: Rose, David, 1947 February 17-; Pevalin, David J.
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Social classes Great Britain Research.; Social classes Great Britain Statistics.; Social classes Research Great Britain.; Social classes Great Britain Classification.; Great Britain Economic conditions Statistics.; Great Britain Social conditions Statistics.
Abstract: Required reading for all users of government social classifications this volume evaluates how well the new system of socio-economic classification works in describing and explaining the relationships between social classes and key health and employment variables.
Contents: The NS-SEC described ; The NS-SEC explained / David Rose and David J. Pevalin -- Empirical variation in employment relations and conditions / Abigail McKnight and Peter Elias -- Employment relations, employment conditions and the NS-SEC / Colin Mills and Geoffrey Evans -- Criterion validity and occupational classification : the seven economic relations measures and the NS-SEC / Anthony P.M. Coxon and Kimberly Fisher -- An initial exploration of the employment conditions of full-time and part-time workers using the NS-SEC / Kimberly Fisher -- Earnings, unemployment and the NS-SEC / Peter Elias and Abigail McKnight -- Examining mortality rates by the NS-SEC using death registration data and the 1991 census / Justine Fitzpatrick -- Social class and the incidence of low-weight births / David J. Pevalin -- Gender, health and occupational classifications in working and later life / Helen Cooper and Sara Arber -- Old and new social class measures : a comparison / Anthony Heath, Jean Martin and Roeland Beerten -- The problem of lower sales, service and clerical occupations ; The NS-SEC : overview and conclusions / David Rose and David J. Pevalin.