The National Statistics Socio-economic classification : Unifying official and sociological approaches to the conceptualisation and measurement of social class In the united kingdom

Societes Contemporaines

Volumn 45-46, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 75-105

  Pevalin, J David ^a   Rose, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247451118     PISSN: 11501944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/soco.045.0075     Document Type: Article

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