Soc. 157, Social Stratification
 
 
The Basic Model of Status Attainment (Blau and Duncan, 1967, Ch. 5)
 
 
Correlations:             FaEd    FaOc    Ed     1stOc      Oc  
                FaEd     1.000    .516    .453    .332    .322   
                FaOc      .516   1.000    .438    .417    .405   
                Ed        .453    .438   1.000    .538    .596   
                1stOc     .332    .417    .538   1.000    .541   
                Oc        .322    .405    .596    .541   1.000  
 

Path Diagram:  See the file blau03.gif.
  
 
Equations:
 
  Ed    = .310 FaEd + .279 FaOc                        + .859 Err1 
  1stOc =   0  FaEd + .224 FaOc + .440 Ed              + .818 Err2 
  Oc    =   0  FaEd + .115 FaOc + .394 Ed + .281 1stOc + .753 Err3

(Note:  These equations are for all variables, including 
prediction errors, in standard form; i.e., mean 0, standard 
deviation 1.)