Uncovering the impact of intergenerational income mobility on interpersonal trust

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Table 11 Ocuppations & prestige scores

1980 Census occupational category	1980 Census code	1989 GSS prestige score
Miscellaneous Food Preparation Occupations	444	17 (min)
Legislators	3	61
Chief Executives and General Admin., Public Admin.	4	70
Administrators and Officials, Public Administration	5	51
Administrators, Protective Service	6	54
Financial Managers	7	59
Personnel and Labor Relations Managers	8	54
Purchasing Managers	9	63
Managers, Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations	13	59
Administrators, Education and Related Fields	14	64
Managers, Medicine and Health	15	69
Managers, Properties and Real Estate	16	39
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	17	53
Funeral Directors	18	49
Managers and Administrators, n.e.c.	19	51
Accountants and Auditors	23	65
Underwriters	24	48
Other Financial Officers	25	48
Management Analysts	26	61
Personnel, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists	27	43
Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm Products	28	42
Business and Promotion Agents	34	51
Construction Inspectors	35	47
Inspectors/Compliance Officers, Except Construction	36	50
Management Related Occupations, n.e.c.	37	49
Architects	43	73
Aerospace Engineers	44	72
Economics Teachers	119	74
Physicians	84	86 (max)

Note: This is an extract from the 1989 GSS occupational prestige rating at: http://publicdata.norc.org:41000/gss/documents/BOOK/GSS_Codebook.pdf, Appendix F