37 research outputs found
Status Attainment in the Netherlands 1811-1941 - Study 1
No full textSocieties have distinct social structures and individuals are positioned within the structure, or hierarchy, of the society. The broad consensus within social science is that an individual's position is partially ascribed by their social background and partially by their own achievements. The relative influence of social background and personal achievement remains an empirical question. in a society where social background is relatively more important it is plausible that an individual will attain a status position that is similar to their parents. Conversely, in a society where personal achievement is more influential it is plausible that a greater degree of discrepancy between status position and social background may be observed.This study examines the extent to which macro level developments have been able to shift the relative importance of background and achievement for status attainment in the Netherlands during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The present thesis distinguishes six macro level developments that are sometimes referred to as 'modernization': industrialization, educational expansion, mass communication, mass transportation, urbanization and in-migration. For each of the developments hypotheses are derived on how they influence status attainment through marriage as well as intergenerational status attainment.The hypotheses are tested using hierarchical linear analyses. Large scale individual level datasets are augmented with contextual data on each of the macro level developments. The approach taken provides new insights in spatial and temporal variation in the status attainment process. Moreover, it allows hypotheses on 'modernization' to be tested on their home ground: in a period before and during industrialization.Data of Study 1 are not available via DANS EASY, but can be obtained via the International Institute of Social History - IISG - Amsterdam - The Netherlands.</p
End report 'Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN, task 2.3)' within the ODISSEI Roadmap project
No full textThis is the end report of the task ‘Historical Sample of the Netherlands’ (2.3), which was executed as
part of the ODISSEI Roadmap project (NWO grant number 184.035.014) between 2020-07-01 and
2022-06-30. The task leader was Richard Zijdeman. For more information, please contact
[email protected]
Status Attainment in the Netherlands 1811-1941 - Study 5
No full textSocieties have distinct social structures and individuals are positioned within the structure, or hierarchy, of the society. The broad consensus within social science is that an individual's position is partially ascribed by their social background and partially by their own achievements. The relative influence of social background and personal achievement remains an empirical question. in a society where social background is relatively more important it is plausible that an individual will attain a status position that is similar to their parents. Conversely, in a society where personal achievement is more influential it is plausible that a greater degree of discrepancy between status position and social background may be observed.
This study examines the extent to which macro level developments have been able to shift the relative importance of background and achievement for status attainment in the Netherlands during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The present thesis distinguishes six macro level developments that are sometimes referred to as 'modernization': industrialization, educational expansion, mass communication, mass transportation, urbanization and in-migration. For each of the developments hypotheses are derived on how they influence status attainment through marriage as well as intergenerational status attainment.
The hypotheses are tested using hierarchical linear analyses. Large scale individual level datasets are augmented with contextual data on each of the macro level developments. The approach taken provides new insights in spatial and temporal variation in the status attainment process. Moreover, it allows hypotheses on 'modernization' to be tested on their home ground: in a period before and during industrialization
Status Attainment in the Netherlands, 1811-1941. Spatial and Temporal Variation before and during Industrialization
No full textThesis Utrecht ICS
Nieuwe data, ‘nieuwe’ methode?:Een sociologisch historische toepassing van multiniveau-analyse
No full textDiverse technische en methodische ontwikkelingen hebben grootschalig vergelijkend onderzoek naar historische sociale stratificatie mogelijk gemaakt. Met de kwantiteit van de onderzoekspopulatie is echter ook de diversiteit van de onderzoekspopulatie toegenomen. Aan de ene kant biedt deze variatie mogelijkheden voor onderzoek naar de invloed van contextuele kenmerken op het proces van statusverwerving. Aan de andere kant betekent het vaak dat de onderzoekseenheden uit één en dezelfde context niet onafhankelijk zijn, een belangrijke aanname bij veel gebruikte regressietechnieken. In een dergelijk geval raden statistici het gebruik van multiniveauanalyse aan. Na een beknopte uitleg van deze techniek volgt een toepassing ervan. Hierbij wordt onderzocht of het verband tussen beroepsstatus van vaders en zonen in Zeeland eind negentiende en begin twintigste eeuw verschilde tussen gemeenten en over de tijd. Tevens wordt getoetst of dergelijke verschillen samenhangen met urbanisering, migratie en religie
Nieuwe data, ‘nieuwe’ methode?:Een sociologisch historische toepassing van multiniveau-analyse
No full textDiverse technische en methodische ontwikkelingen hebben grootschalig vergelijkend onderzoek naar historische sociale stratificatie mogelijk gemaakt. Met de kwantiteit van de onderzoekspopulatie is echter ook de diversiteit van de onderzoekspopulatie toegenomen. Aan de ene kant biedt deze variatie mogelijkheden voor onderzoek naar de invloed van contextuele kenmerken op het proces van statusverwerving. Aan de andere kant betekent het vaak dat de onderzoekseenheden uit één en dezelfde context niet onafhankelijk zijn, een belangrijke aanname bij veel gebruikte regressietechnieken. In een dergelijk geval raden statistici het gebruik van multiniveauanalyse aan. Na een beknopte uitleg van deze techniek volgt een toepassing ervan. Hierbij wordt onderzocht of het verband tussen beroepsstatus van vaders en zonen in Zeeland eind negentiende en begin twintigste eeuw verschilde tussen gemeenten en over de tijd. Tevens wordt getoetst of dergelijke verschillen samenhangen met urbanisering, migratie en religie
Measuring social structure in the past: A comparison of historical class schemes and occupational stratification scales on Dutch 19th and early 20th century data
No full textTo what degree are HISCO based measures of class (HISCLASS and SOCPO) and occupational stratification (HIS-CAM) comparable with each other and contemporary measures? Next to a large degree of congruency, we find considerable differences between the measures, raising questions concerning the comparability of occupation-based measures across studies
‘Making the Household Work. Non-kin Deployment as a Survival Strategy in the Early Modern Household (The Netherlands, 18th Century)’
No full textStatus Attainment in the Netherlands 1811-1941 - Study 1
No full textSocieties have distinct social structures and individuals are positioned within the structure, or hierarchy, of the society. The broad consensus within social science is that an individual's position is partially ascribed by their social background and partially by their own achievements. The relative influence of social background and personal achievement remains an empirical question. in a society where social background is relatively more important it is plausible that an individual will attain a status position that is similar to their parents. Conversely, in a society where personal achievement is more influential it is plausible that a greater degree of discrepancy between status position and social background may be observed.
This study examines the extent to which macro level developments have been able to shift the relative importance of background and achievement for status attainment in the Netherlands during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The present thesis distinguishes six macro level developments that are sometimes referred to as 'modernization': industrialization, educational expansion, mass communication, mass transportation, urbanization and in-migration. For each of the developments hypotheses are derived on how they influence status attainment through marriage as well as intergenerational status attainment.
The hypotheses are tested using hierarchical linear analyses. Large scale individual level datasets are augmented with contextual data on each of the macro level developments. The approach taken provides new insights in spatial and temporal variation in the status attainment process. Moreover, it allows hypotheses on 'modernization' to be tested on their home ground: in a period before and during industrialization.
Data of Study 1 are not available via DANS EASY, but can be obtained via the International Institute of Social History - IISG - Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Like my father before me: intergenerational occupational status transfer during industrialization (Zeeland, 1811–1915).
No full textThis article studies the influence of macro-level developments on intergenerational
status transfer in the Dutch province of Zeeland between 1811 and
1915. Hypotheses on the effects of industrialization, educational expansion, mass
communication, urbanization, geographical mobility, and mass transport are derived
from conflicting theories. The influences of these contextual characteristics on status
attainment are tested using hierarchical linear models, incorporating data on some
40,000 fathers and sons in over 100 municipalities. The results show regional as well
as temporal differences in the association between a father’s and a son’s occupational
status. In contrast to what is supposed by the logic of industrialism thesis, hardly any
of the macro-level developments decreased the influence of a father’s occupational
status on that of his son. On the contrary, a father’s status became more influential in
the more industrialized areas.
