SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS DIFFERENTIALS AMONG WHITE RELIGIOETHNIC GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES: A REGRESSION-DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
Abstract
This research addresses the nature of socioeconomic status differentials among six white religioethnic groups in the United States. Data from eight National Opinion Research Center surveys are employed as a merged file. The applicability of the Blau-Duncan status attainment model as well as the degree to which background "resources" are translated into status "outcomes" is considered. In examining the status attainment process, number of siblings has a similar, yet small, effect upon educational attainment across subgroups. Father's education, however, varies across groups. In some cases its effects are substantial while in others, modest. Education was found to play a dominant role in occupational achievement, while the influence of family of origin is largely indirect. City size was found to have the strongest independent effect upon income. Education has some effect upon income, net of occupational prestige, whose impact is rather small. Mean status differentials are then decomposed. The model accounts for very little of the educational as well as income differences. The occupational gap, however, is virtually eliminated by the variables in the model. Subcultural explanations were given to account for the differential.
Degree
Ph.D.
Subject Area
Sociology
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