Conditional Probability Distribution of Son's Occupation, Given Father's Occupation, and Marginal Probability Distribution of Father's Occupation, Separately by Time (1962 vs. 1973) and by Race (Blacks vs. All Races)



All, 1962 Son's Occupation
UN LN UM LM F Total
Father's Occupation
.110 Upper Nonmanual .568 .167 .115 .138 .012 1.000
.131 Lower Nonmanual .431 .237 .146 .170 .017 1.000
.188 Upper Manual .247 .170 .283 .288 .012 1.000
.274 Lower Manual .179 .148 .219 .434 .019 1.000
.297 Farm .103 .123 .193 .359 .222 1.000
1.000 Total .245 .159 .202 .317 .077 1.000




All, 1973

Son's Occupation
UN LN UM LM F Total
Father's Occupation
.154 Upper Nonmanual .594 .114 .128 .155 .009 1.000
.115 Lower Nonmanual .451 .166 .164 .207 .012 1.000
.204 Upper Manual .309 .122 .277 .281 .012 1.000
.297 Lower Manual .229 .121 .239 .401 .010 1.000
.229 Farm .164 .090 .229 .371 .145 1.000
1.000 Total .312 .118 .219 .310 .041 1.000





Black, 1962

Son's Occupation
UN LN UM LM F Total
Father's Occupation
.036 Upper Nonmanual .133 .100 .137 .630 .000 1.000
.001 Lower Nonmanual .083 .140 .140 .637 .000 1.000
.087 Upper Manual .082 .109 .109 .670 .030 1.000
.370 Lower Manual .067 .091 .111 .710 .021 1.000
.476 Farm .012 .054 .071 .663 .199 1.000
1.000 Total .045 .077 .094 .679 .105 1.000







Black, 1973

Son's Occupation
UN LN UM LM F Total
Father's Occupation
.040 Upper Nonmanual .439 .118 .083 .360 .000 1.000
.044 Lower Nonmanual .195 .208 .134 .455 .008 1.000
.099 Upper Manual .163 .139 .158 .537 .002 1.000
.458 Lower Manual .121 .122 .137 .610 .010 1.000
.359 Farm .051 .068 .165 .632 .084 1.000
1.000 Total .116 .108 .147 .594 .035 1.000





Source: Featherman and Hauser, Opportunity and Change.

Tables 3.14 (p. 89), 3.15 (p. 91), and 6.5 (p. 326).