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TABLE VII-4 --  DUNCAN SEI SCORES FOR MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUPS, 1950
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                                 Per Cent of 
                                 Male Experi-         Socio-         Transform 
                                 enced Civilian       economic        to NORC
Major Occupation Group           Labor Force          Index(1)        Scale

All occupations                  100.0                  30              60
Professional, technical, and 
  kindred workers                  7.0                  75              79
Farmers and farm managers          9.9                  14              53
Managers, officials, and 
  proprietors, exc. farm          10.2                  57              73
Clerical and kindred workers       6.4                  45              69
Sales workers                      6.3                  49              70
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred
  workers                         18.6                  31              64
Operatives and kindred workers    20.1                  18              57
Private-household workers          0.2                   8              45
Service workers, exc. private 
  household                        5.9                  17              56
Farm laborers and foremen          4.9                   9              47
Laborers, except farm and mine     8.5                   7              44
Occupation not reported            2.0                  19              58

1. Computed from the aggregate age, income, and education data for males
   in the respective major occupation groups.
   Source:  See Table VII-1.

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Table VII-1 --  MEAN SOCIOECONOMIC INDEX, BY NUMBER OF SCHOOL YEARS
COMPLETED,
                FOR MALES IN THE EXPERIENCED CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, 1950
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School Years Completed            Number (Millions)               Mean Index

Total experienced civilian labor 
  force                                 42.1                          30
  School years not reported              0.8                          30
Total experienced civilian labor 
  force                                 42.1                          30
Under 8 years elementary                10.5                          18
Elementary, 8 years                      8.3                          23
High school, 1 to 3 years                8.1                          27
High school, 4 years                     8.6                          35
College, 1 to 3 years                    2.9                          47
College, 4 years or more                 2.9                          66

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census,1950 CENSUS OF POPULATION, Vol. IV:
         Special Reports, Part I, chap. B, "Occupational Characteristics" 
         Washington, D.C.: U.S.G.P.O., 1956).


From:

Duncan, Otis Dudley.  1961.  "Properties and Characteristics of the
     Socioeconomic Index."  Pp. 139-161 in Albert J. Reiss, Jr. (ed.),
     OCCUPATIONS AND SOCIAL STATUS.  New York: The Free Press.