Household Structure and Social Stratification: Evidence from a Latin American City.

Lincoln, James R.

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Publication Date: 1978

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Household Structure and Social Stratification: Evidence from a Latin American City

Lincoln, James R.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, 40, 3, 601-12, Aug 78

It is argued that past research on family structure and stratification processes affecting family members has obscured the distinction between achievement of socioeconomic status and social mobility. Data on household structure and educational and occupational patterns of a sample of male household heads in Santiago, Chile, in 1960 are used. (Author)

Descriptors: Educational Background, Extended Family, Family Structure, Foreign Countries, Heads of Households, Males, Nuclear Family, Occupations, Research Projects, Social Mobility, Socioeconomic Status

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Chile

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