Testing the modernization hypothesis and the socialist ideology hypothesis: A comparative sibling analysis of educational attainment and occupational status

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 441-467

  Sieben, Inge ^a   De Graaf, Paul M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Sibling analysis; Social stratification; Status attainment

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035459623     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071310120071133     Document Type: Article

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