Doctoral Dissertation Research: Downward Mobility in the Land of Success

博士论文研究：成功之地的向下流动

• 批准号: 0101054
• 负责人: dalton conley
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-05-01 至 2004-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0101054&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Downward; Mobility

This project contributes to the literature on downward mobility in the United States through a series of in-depth interviews. Although upward mobility remains more common than downward mobility, important economic changes have made downward mobility more prevalent in recent decades than during the 1950s and 1960s. This makes the experience of doing worse economically than one's parents increasingly common. However, little is known about how people explain and interpret the experience of downward mobility. In addressing this gap, the project builds on studies of class and inequality in the United States, improves our understanding of cultural messages about success, and addresses issues crucial to Americans.The methods involve interviews with 100 respondents from the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area who belonged to their high school's class of 1976. Using an initial survey instrument based on a four-category occupational scheme, the project identifies 50 downwardly mobile respondents, and 25 upwardly mobile and 25 immobile respondents who serve as control groups. The in-depth interviews gauge how individuals who differ by race, class, and gender view their experiences with downward mobility. They also reflect the extent and nature of the social psychological effects of downward mobility.

该项目通过一系列深入访谈，为美国向下流动的文献做出了贡献。 虽然向上流动仍然比向下流动更为普遍，但重要的经济变化使向下流动在最近几十年比1950年代和1960年代更为普遍。 这使得经济上比父母差的经历越来越普遍。 然而，人们如何解释和解释向下流动的经历却知之甚少。 为了解决这一差距，该项目建立在对美国阶级和不平等的研究基础上，提高了我们对成功文化信息的理解，并解决了对美国人至关重要的问题。该方法涉及对来自纽约-新泽西-康涅狄格大都市地区的100名受访者的采访，他们属于他们高中的1976届。 该项目使用基于四类职业计划的初步调查工具，确定了50名向下移动的受访者，25名向上移动的的受访者和25名不流动的受访者作为对照组。 深入访谈衡量了不同种族、阶级和性别的人如何看待他们的向下流动经历。 它们还反映了向下流动的社会心理影响的程度和性质。