cmob {faraway}

Social class mobility from 1971 to 1981 in the UK

Description

Social class mobility from 1971 to 1981 for 42425 men from the United Kingdom census. Subjects were aged 45-64.

Format

A data frame with 36 observations on the following 3 variables.

y

Frequency of observation

class71

social class in 1971 - a factor with levels I, professionals, II semi-professionals, IIIN skilled non-manual, IIIM skilled manual, IV semi-skilled, V unskilled

class81

social class in 1971 - a factor with levels I II IIIN IIIM IV V with same classification

Source

D. Blane and S. Harding and M. Rosato (1999) "Does social mobility affect the size of the socioeconomic mortality differential?: Evidence from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study" JRSS-A, 162 59-70.