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This study examined some basic issues in social stratification.

Main Topics:

Occupations of respondents, current and previous; occupations of friends, neighbours, father, father-in-law, wife, brothers; education and qualifications, particularly post-school; background and personal circumstances, including age, family, income, residence (and where brought up), car ownership, social life (association membership, visits to friends and relatives, etc.).

Multi-stage stratified random sample

by occupation with target quota of 12 men in an occupation in an area (or region, i.e. urban or rural). Two-stage, first approaching employers (or occupational lists, e.g. doctors) then random sampling where numbers permitted

Face-to-face interview