Subjective social location: Data from 21 nations
Subjective social location: Data from 21 nations
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DOI：
10.1093/ijpor/16.1.3
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发表时间：
2004-03-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Kelley, J
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作者：
Evans, MDR;Kelley, J
本文使用从 21 个国家（N = 50,955）的代表性全国样本中收集的调查数据来调查主观社会地位。我们发现，在所有社会中，都有一种明显的倾向，即认为自己处于社会等级制度的中间。这种趋势存在于教育分布的顶部和底部的人群中，以及实际上处于中间位置的人群中；这种趋势在富裕国家和贫穷国家都存在。个人的客观地位、国家的财富以及全国的失业水平都会对主观地位产生重大影响。但他们的影响因认为自己处于等级制度中间的倾向而减弱。这对阶级认同和民主具有重要影响。
This paper investigates subjective social status using data from surveys collected from representative nationwide samples in 21 countries (N = 50,955). We nd that in all societies there is a pronounced tendency to see oneself as being in the middle of the social hierarchy; that this tendency holds among those at the top and at the bottom of the educational distribution, as well as among those actually in the middle; and that this tendency holds in rich nations as well as poor ones. The objective position of individuals, the wealth of nations, and the national level of unemployment all have substantial effects on subjective status. But their effects are muted by the tendency to see oneself as being in the middle of the hierarchy. This has important implications for class identity and democracy.