ABSTRACT
This chapter examines what degree the education of individuals produces changes in their occupational status. It is concerned with the effect which increasing the level of education during the course of one's occupational career has on possible social advancement. Genre studies of the role of education have a distinct place. Using the specific point system for socio-occupational positions and taking the number of grades finished in school as an indicator of educational level permits the use of statistical techniques appropriate for interval variables. The chapter attempts to provide the possibility of predicting the present socio-occupational positions of the respondents on the basis of the positions they held when first employed. Comparison of first and most recent employment is a measure of the intragenerational occupational mobility of individuals. The treatment of the variable "socio-occupational status" requires some comment. Ordinarily the division of people into socio-occupational groups is differentiated horizontally.
