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- The data set contains 6 variables: F-Career, Son_ID, S_Choice, Famstruc, Race and Intcept.
- The first variable, F_Career, defines seventeen level-2 units, each being the father's occupation.
- Son_ID is used to number the sons within each level-2 unit.
- S_Choice is a dichotomous outcome variable that is defined as follows:
- S_Choice = 1: Son's current occupation is different from his father's occupation
- S_Choice = 2: Son's current occupation is the same as his father's occupation
- The variable Famstruc is family structure, coded 1 in the case of an intact family background, and 2 if the family background was not intact.
- The fifth variable, Race, is coded 1 in the case of white respondents and 2 in the case of non-white respondents.
- The father's occupation, F_Career, is coded as follows:
- 17 Professional, Self-Employed
- 16 Professional, Salaried
- 15 Manager
- 14 Salesman-Non retail
- 13 Proprietor
- 12 Clerk
- 11 Salesman-Retail
- 10 Craftsman-Manufacturing
- 9 Craftsman-Other
- 8 Craftsman-Construction
- 7 Service Worker
- 6 Operative-Non manufacturing
- 5 Operative-Manufacturing
- 4 Laborer-Manufacturing
- 3 Laborer-Non manufacturing
- 2 Farmer/Farm Manager
- 1 Farm Laborer
- More details about the data are available in Biblarz & Raftery (1993).
- The data are listed in the file SOCMOB1.PSF in the TUTORIAL folder.
- The first portion of SOCMOB1.PSF is shown in the PSF window below.
- Click the Open option from the File menu to load the Open dialog box.
- Select the PRELIS Data (*.psf) option on the Files of type drop-down list box.
- Select the file SOCMOB1.PSF in the TUTORIAL folder.
- Click on the Open button to open SOCMOB1.PSF in a PSF window.
- Click on the Linear Model option on the Multilevel menu.
- Select the Title and Options option on the Linear Model menu to load the Title and Options dialog box.
- Enter the string 17 Careers of Fathers and Sons (1=diff 2=same) in the Title: string field.
- Click on the Next button to load the Identification variables dialog box.
- Select the label F_Career.
- Click on the Add button of the Level 2 ID Variable section to produce the following Identification variables dialog box.
- Click on the Next button to load Select Response and Fixed Variables dialog box.
- Select the label S_Choice.
- Click on the Add button of the Response Variables section.
- Select the labels FamStruc and Race.
- Click on the Add button of the Fixed Variables section to produce the following Select Response and Fixed Variables dialog box.
- Click on the Next button to load the Random Variables dialog box.
- Select the labels Intcept, FamStruc and Race.
- Click on the Add button of the Random Level2 section.
- Un-check the Intercept check box to produce the following Random Variables dialog box.
- Click on the Finish button to produce the text editor window for SOCMOB1.PR2.
- Insert the command SUBPOP=FamStruc Race; as the final command to produce the following text editor window for SOCMOB1.PR2.
- Click on the Run PRELIS button to produce the following text editor window for SOCMOB1.OUT.
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