A Researcher's Guide to the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification

David J. Pevalin is Senior Research Officer at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex

`Health researchers in the US and more globally would do well to study this book and consider its implications for monitoring and analyzing socioeconomic inequalities in health within and across diverse countries′ - Journal of Public Health Policy

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL STATISTICS SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATIONThe NS-SEC Described - David Rose and David J PevalinThe NS-SEC Explained - David Rose and David J PevalinPART TWO: THE NS-SEC AS A MEASURE OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS - David Rose and David J PevalinEmpirical Variation in Employment Relations and Conditions - Abigail McKnight and Peter EliasEmployment Relations, Employment Conditions and the NS-SEC - Colin Mills and Geoffrey EvansCriterion Validity and Occupational Classification - Anthony P M Coxon and Kimberly FisherThe Seven Economic Relations Measures and the NS-SECAn Initial Exploration of the Employment Conditions of Full-Time and Part-Time Workers Using the NS-SEC - Kimberly FisherPART THREE: CONSTRUCT VALIDATIONEarnings, Unemployment and the NS-SEC - Peter Elias and Abigail McKnightExamining Mortality Rates by NS-SEC Using Death Registration Data and the 1991 Census - Justine FitzpatrickSocial Class and the Incidence of Low-weight Births - David J PevalinGender, Health and Occupational Classifications in Working and Later Life - Helen Cooper and Sara ArberOld and New Social Class Measures - Anthony Heath, Jean Martin and Roeland BeertenA ComparisonPART FOUR: FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON THE NS-SECThe Problem of Lower Sales, Services and Clerical Occupations - David Rose and David J PevalinThe NS-SEC - David Rose and David J PevalinOverview and Conclusions