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).