ABSTRACT
Occupational prestige studies consequently have been common in the United States since 1925, but interest in them was renewed following two important studies conducted almost simultaneously in the United States and Great Britain in the late 'forties. In 1947 the National Opinion Research Center conducted a survey among 2,900 interviewees in order to secure information on the social grading of ninety occupations. In western societies the occupation, because of its close relationship with social status, is of particular significance in the study of social stratification. Hence in American and British society, for example, it is usually possible to make a reasonable guess at a man's social standing if his occupation is known. The evaluation of the ranking of occupations is on the same basis as in occupational prestige studies in America, Australasia, Great Britain, and other Western European countries.
