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Unit 7: Class

full-timers there is little mobility between Classes 5 and 3, mainly because there are so few Notes
part-timers in the managerial occupations of Class 3. The only area where the flow is significantly
greater than expected from the quasi-independence model is the flow from lower to higher
manual (Classes 8 to 7). Most of the cell counts are too small make disaggregation into
occupations worthwhile, the exception being that for the flow between Classes 5 and 8, shown
in Table 7.7. The occupations listed here are generally similar to those for full-time working
women (Table 7.5) except that shop assistants and cleaners account for a somewhat higher
percentage. The movement from Class 8 into Class 5 consists very largely of women becoming
shop assistants.

Table 7.7 Source and destination occupations - women part-timers

Source occupation Destination Occupation
% of all % of all
KOS Code in cell KOS Code in cell

Class 8 (lower manual) in Class 5 (clarical)
72.2 Cleaners 17 055.1 Stop sale women &
066.1 Counter hands, assistants 13 assistants 58
137.2 Packers, bottlers, canners, 046.3 Other clerks & cashiers
fillers 8 (not retail) 21
049.2 Typist, shorthand writers,
secretaries 5

Total number in this cell in Table 7.6 = 96
Class 5 (clerical) to Class 8 (lower manual)
055.1 Shop sales women & assistants. 39 072.2 Cleaners 24
046.3 Other clerks & cashiers 065.2 Barmaids 21
(not reatail) 28 068.3 Other domestic & school
049.2 Typists, shorthand writers helpers 17
secretaries 17 065.1 Waitresses 7

Total number in this cell in Table 7.6 = 82

These tables of class mobility for men and for women have shown not only that there is an
overall high rate of mobility between classes over the course of a year, but also that this
mobility is concentrated in a few specific occupations, some of which seem to act as a point of
departure or arrival for movement both up and down the occupational structure. These
occupations figure as important locations for mobility partly because of their position in the
occupational structure, but also because of their size. Other things being equal, an occupation
with many members will of course make a greater impact as a source or destination occupation
than one with relatively few members. Table 7.8 lists the largests occupations, at the unit KOS
level, for men and full-time and part-time working women, with the rates of inflow from
another class in 1981.
The table shows that, amongst full-time workers, clerks have a lower than average rate of
inflow compared with other occupations. The significance of this occupation for class mobility

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