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The ANU3_2 scale: a revised occupational status scale for Australia
Journal of Sociology (2000)
  • F L Jones, Australian National University
  • Julie McMillan, Australian National University
Abstract

Australian researchers have used ANU status scales for over two decades to assign socioeconomic status scores to occupations coded into the occupational classifications produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). When the ABS has released new occupational classifications in the past, the ANU scale has been updated accordingly. The most recent status scale, the ANU3 scale, was developed in 1989 for use with the First Edition of the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO). In 1996, however, the ABS released the Second Edition of ASCO. In this paper, we report an adaptation of the ANU3 scale for use with this modified classification.

Keywords
  • Occupational status
Publication Date
February, 2000
Citation Information
F L Jones and Julie McMillan. "The ANU3_2 scale: a revised occupational status scale for Australia" Journal of Sociology Vol. 36 Iss. 1 (2000)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/julie_mcmillan/23/