Average prestige status ratings for ioo representative occupations are presented in the form of a numerical scale. Government officials and professional workers received the highest ratings; small business men, salesmen, clerical workers and skilled workers were given medium ratings; and unskilled workers were given lowest positions. Illustrations are presented of the use of the ratings in the identification of occupational strata, and in correlating prestige with other characteristics of occupational classes.
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Mapheus Smith (1943) studied this question.