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Self-Placement in the Social Structure of Sweden: The Relationship between Class Identification and Subjective Social Placement

. Critical Sociology, 43 (7-8): 1045-1061 (2017)First published online: April 15, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0896920516630797. (ISSP).
DOI: 10.1177/0896920516630797

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between the two assessments of subjective placement in the social structure – class identification and subjective social placement – in a top-to-bottom social hierarchy. In this article, the focus is on the association between working-class identity and subjective social placement. The source material is derived from the International Social Survey Programme from 2009 and 2012. The analysis reveals that women who identified with the working class to a higher extent located themselves towards the lower strata compared to their male counterparts, a result indicating that the female class structure may be more polarized than that of males. The results imply a need for more research concerning how women and men relate their objective class position to social status, as well as the relationship to different outcomes, such as subjective well-being and social justice.

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