A review of the status attainment articles in the last few decades suggests that a major thrust has been to determine the crosscultural validity of the original Blau-Duncan model. Although the model has found considerable support in developed countries, evidence from less developed countries is inconclusive. One possible explanation has to do with the differences in the type of occupational structures within such societies. The Blau-Duncan model, having been developed in the U.S., may reflect status attainment processes well in societies with modern occupational structures but not very well in societies with traditional or intermediate occupational structures continuing side by side with the modern ones. Using survey data from a sample of 401 young men in Kano, Nigeria, this study examines whether the Blau-Duncan model fits the process of attainment of modern, traditional and intermediate occupations separately. The findings indicate that the fit of the Blau-Duncan model to the attainment of modern occupations is comparable to research in developed societies, but that it does not fit the attainment of traditional and intermediate occupations and that additional variables appropriate for the traditional society are needed. A modified model involving traditional status determinants provides a very good fit in predicting the attainment of traditional and intermediate occupations. The evidence suggests that variables and processes of attainment are likely to differ in societies which retain aspects of traditional occupational structures and stratification systems, and that this can help explain discrepancies in past research from less developed countries. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-04, Section: A, page: 1108. / Major Professor: J. Michael Armer. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1994. / A review of the status attainment articles in the last few decades suggests that a major thrust has been to determine the crosscultural validity of the original Blau-Duncan model. Although the model has found considerable support in developed countries, evidence from less developed countries is inconclusive. One possible explanation has to do with the differences in the type of occupational structures within such societies. The Blau-Duncan model, having been developed in the U.S., may reflect status attainment processes well in societies with modern occupational structures but not very well in societies with traditional or intermediate occupational structures continuing side by side with the modern ones. Using survey data from a sample of 401 young men in Kano, Nigeria, this study examines whether the Blau-Duncan model fits the process of attainment of modern, traditional and intermediate occupations separately. The findings indicate that the fit of the Blau-Duncan model to the attainment of modern occupations is comparable to research in developed societies, but that it does not fit the attainment of traditional and intermediate occupations and that additional variables appropriate for the traditional society are needed. A modified model involving traditional status determinants provides a very good fit in predicting the attainment of traditional and intermediate occupations. The evidence suggests that variables and processes of attainment are likely to differ in societies which retain aspects of traditional occupational structures and stratification systems, and that this can help explain discrepancies in past research from less developed countries.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_68551 |
| Creators | Namadi, Mohammed Mustapha |
| Publisher | Florida State University Libraries |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
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