Religious Preference and Worldly Success: An Empirical Test in a Midwestern City
An examination of occupational histories of 161 fathers and sons in a midwestern city indicated that Protestant men achieved higher occupational and economic status than their Catholic counterparts. In this respect the present study fails to support the view that religious differences have ceased to...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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1971
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1971, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 71-80 |
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Summary: | An examination of occupational histories of 161 fathers and sons in a midwestern city indicated that Protestant men achieved higher occupational and economic status than their Catholic counterparts. In this respect the present study fails to support the view that religious differences have ceased to be associated with vertical occupational mobility. Rather, additional evidence for the Protestant Ethic hypothesis is provided. |
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ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710136 |