Social Class Perception and Social Status Among Swedish Youth
Titel:
Social Class Perception and Social Status Among Swedish Youth
Auteur:
Ekehammar, Bo Sidanius, Jim Nilsson, Ingrid
Verschenen in:
International journal of psychology
Paginering:
Jaargang 23 (1988) nr. 1-6 pagina's 41-50
Jaar:
1988
Inhoud:
Social class perception (identification) was studied as a function of 'objective' status (socioeco-nomic level) and class (occupational class) using a sample of Swedish high school students. Confirming the two minor hypotheses, the results disclosed that class perception was affected by both the 'objective' class and status of the subject: the manual occupational class, and those with low socioeconomic status, had in general a higher proportion of working-class identification than the nonmanual class, and those with low socioeconomic status, respectively. However, the major hypothesis, an interaction hypothesis stating that manuals are not affected by status in their class perceptions, was not confiied. The results are discussed in the context of social psychological theory and earlier empirical research.