ABSTRACT
The village lower-class may be divided into three sub-strata on the basis of income, property, and material style of life. Dress, diet, level of education, and associated behavioral traits distinguish sub-class members from both elite islanders and the other segments of the lower class. A combination of occupations and dependence on remittances are marked among the middle lower class. Most villagers have been inculcated with middle- and upper-class vocational values and aspirations without having been given the means for realizing them. As a result, occupational preferences greatly exceed work prospects, especially among young people. The occupational complexity is expressed by the absolute number of different jobs engaged in by villagers, a distinction between self-employment and wage work, a dichotomy between village and extra village economic pursuits, including temporary and seasonal labor migration, and occupational multiplicity. Occupational multiplicity for individuals corresponds to occupational heterogeneity for households.
