Racial differences in occupational status and income in South Africa, 1980 and 1991.
Using data on employed men from the 1980 and 1991 South African Censuses, we analyze the determinants of occupational status and income. Whites are found to have much higher occupational status, and especially income, than members of other racial groups. Most of the racial differentials in occupational status con be explained by racial differences in the personal assets that determine occupational attainment (especially education), but only a much smaller fraction of the White/non-White income differential can be so explained. Despite a modest reduction between 1980 and 1991 in the role of race in socioeconomic attainment, the overall picture shows more stability than change.
Treiman
D J
DJ
Department of Sociology, UCLA, Los Angeles 90024, USA. Treiman:treiman@dudley.sscnet.ucla.edu
McKeever
M
M
Fodor
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D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D044383:Black People; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012923:Social Class; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data