Dave Griffiths

@drdavegriffiths.bsky.social

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Sociologist at Stirling Uni. Interests in social network analysis, social stratification, disadvantage, health egonets, quantitative methods and some other stuff.

Text: "We called the social ties that connect occupations a 'social resin', because this metaphor suggests a powerful force that shapes structure, whilst nevertheless exhibiting some malleability. Empirical patterns in social connections are consistent with a circular and mutually reinforcing relationship between social connections and occupational inequalities - that is, occupational inequalities foster social connection patterns, and social interactions foster occupational outcomes, as suggested by the two quotes above. But in what way, if at all, is the 'social resin' - the powerful empirical relationship between social interaction patterns, and social stratification systems - of importance in theorising social stratification and social reproduction?
Network of over-represented occupational combinations in the UK, by age group. Much more cases for the males 20-40 than for males over 40.
Visualisation of the SID solution for the analysis of combined categories of occupation and education. Within social classes, people with higher qualifications always have more advantaged positions than people with lesser qualifications in the same class. Graduates in elementary occupations have higher scores than professionals with no school qualifications. Educational dimension important for understanding stratification structure.
A graph of the job-level residuals for predicting level of contact with closest friends in the UK from 1991-2008 (BHPS data)
A sociogram connecting occupations which marry each other more often than we would expect by chance in Texas in 2000.
Table showing the most common combinations of marriages amongst heterosexual couples in the USA in 2000. They are: male truck drivers married to female secretaries, primary school teachers, nurses and accounts clerks; and male retail supervisors married to secretaries. Despite being common, truck drivers marry secretaries, primary school teachers and nurses less than we would expect given the proportions of those groups in society.
Graph showing three dimensions of a correspondence analysis.
Graph of male and female CAMSIS scores across 12 different societies, showing they are broadly similar to each other in the shape of their distribution.
Graph showing relationship between the CAMSIS and SIOPS occupational measures, which are highly correlated but with individual occupational unit groups often higher on one than the other.
Table of fictional people all earning £1,500 per month. The expendable income of a retired person with no mortgage is much, much higher than a single parent dental assistant, who has mortgage, commuting, childcare and child living expenses.
Graph of similarity of people's tastes, attitudes and incomes. Generally, people within occupations share some characteristics, albeit less than the levels of similarity we see within households.
Characterisation of the footballer Paul Gascoigne, in terms of occupation (unemployed former footballer), parental occupation (building labourer, cleaner), friends (footballers, roofers, bouncers, broadcasters), hobbies (pubs, fishing, football) and education (left school at 16).
Cover of Social Inequalities and Occupational Stratification