A socioeconomic scale for Canada: Measuring occupational status from the census

Canadian Review of Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-91

  Boyd, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 48449094424     PISSN: 17556171     EISSN: 1755618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618X.2008.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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