Occupational Rank and Grade of Residence in a Metropolis

Of two common explanations of the general correspondence between occupational rank and grade of residence appearing in studies of American cities, one is in terms of the resources that occupations provide, the other of the implied styles of life. Analysis of survey data from one metropolitan county on the effects of these two groups of factors, as represented by income and education, on occupational differences in grade of housing shows that both affect grade of residence; that income is somewhat less influential than education; and that blue-collar and white-collar occupations differ significantly in these respects.