Socioeconomic indexes for occupations: A review, update, and critique

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 177-298

  Hauser, Robert M ^a   Warren, John Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0031502141     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9531.271028     Document Type: Review

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