Occupational Percentile Rank: A New Method for Constructing a Socioeconomic Index of Occupational Status

IF 6.5 2区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI:10.1177/00491241231207914

Xi Song, Yu Xie

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a method for constructing an occupation-based socioeconomic index that can easily incorporate changes in occupational structure. The resulting index is the occupational percentile rank for a given cohort, based on contemporaneous information pertaining to educational composition and the number of workers at the occupation level. An occupation may experience an increase or decrease in its occupational rank due to changes in relative sizes and educational compositions across occupations. The method is flexible in dealing with changes in occupational and educational measurements over time. Applying the method to U.S. history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, we derive the index using IPUMS U.S. Census microdata from 1850 to 2000 and the American Community Surveys (ACSs) from 2001 to 2018. Compared to previous occupational measures, this new measure takes into account occupational status evolvement caused by long-term secular changes in occupational size and educational composition. The resulting percentile rank measure can be easily merged with social surveys and administrative data that include occupational measures based on the U.S. Census occupation codes and crosswalks.

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职业百分位排名:构建职业地位社会经济指标的新方法

在本文中，我们提出了一种构建基于职业的社会经济指标的方法，该指标可以很容易地反映职业结构的变化。由此得出的指数是某一特定群体的职业百分位排名，其依据是与教育构成和职业水平上的工人人数有关的同期信息。由于职业之间的相对规模和教育构成的变化，一个职业的职业等级可能会增加或减少。该方法在处理职业和教育测量随时间的变化方面是灵活的。将该方法应用于19世纪中叶至今的美国历史，我们使用IPUMS美国人口普查1850年至2000年的微观数据和2001年至2018年的美国社区调查(ACSs)得出该指数。与以往的职业衡量标准相比，这一新的衡量标准考虑了职业规模和教育构成的长期长期变化所导致的职业地位演变。由此产生的百分位排名测量可以很容易地与社会调查和行政数据合并，其中包括基于美国人口普查职业代码和人行横道的职业测量。

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Sociological Methods & Research Multiple-

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16.30

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3.20%

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期刊介绍： Sociological Methods & Research is a quarterly journal devoted to sociology as a cumulative empirical science. The objectives of SMR are multiple, but emphasis is placed on articles that advance the understanding of the field through systematic presentations that clarify methodological problems and assist in ordering the known facts in an area. Review articles will be published, particularly those that emphasize a critical analysis of the status of the arts, but original presentations that are broadly based and provide new research will also be published. Intrinsically, SMR is viewed as substantive journal but one that is highly focused on the assessment of the scientific status of sociology. The scope is broad and flexible, and authors are invited to correspond with the editors about the appropriateness of their articles.