A Note on the Changing Status of the Registrar General's Classification of Occupations

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Bibliography: Brewer, R.I., 1986. A Note on the Changing Status of the Registrar General’s Classification of Occupations. The British Journal of Sociology 37, 131. https://doi.org/10.2307/591056

Authors:: Richard I. Brewer

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First-page: 132

Abstract

For over fifty years the Registrar General's system of social classes remained fundamentally unchanged as a measure of the social prestige of occupations. In 1980, however, social class, in this system was redefined as occupational skill. This note considers some of the methodological implications of this redefinition of social class. In 1980 other changes were also made in the system of social class allocation and the present study compares 1970 and 1980 methods of awarding social class. It is argued that whilst the 1970 and 1980 systems differ considerably on a conceptual level, they do not show any important diflerences in their empirical relations with a variety of social, educational and health variables.

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& For over fifty years the Registrar General's system of social classes remained fundamentally unchanged as a measure of the social prestige of occupations. In 1980, however, social class, in this system was redefined as occupational skill. (p. 132)
& 1970 and 1980 systems differ considerably on a conceptual level, they do not show any important diflerences in their empirical relations with a variety of social, educational and health variables. (p. 132)
& C;hange in the meaning of RG social class It has already been noted prior to 1980, RG social class was understood to mean standing in the community, in 1980 this notion was abandoned. RG social class was now simply equated with occupational skill: The occupation groups included in each of these (social class) categories have been selected in such a way as to bring together, so far as is possible, people with similar levels of occupational skill (p. 134)