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Introduction to analysing social connections and occupational structure

University of Cambridge, 12 September 2012

Social connections between incumbents of occupations have long been analysed as a means of understanding social stratification and inequalities. The Cambridge Scale (www.camsis.stir.ac.uk), for instance, was first published in the 1970s and continues to the present to offer a useful means of understanding the relative advantage typically held by the incumbents of occupations (see www.camsis.stir.ac.uk).

This workshop will introduce, compare and contrast SID and SNA techniques for analysing occupational structure. Talks and labs will enable researchers to:
Key findings from a two-year ESRC-funded project will be communicated, with delegates taught the methodological skills utilised in the research. Training will be provided in Stata, R and Pajek.

1045-1145Talk: Introduction to the analysis of social connections data Slides
1145-1245Lab: Introduction to SNA and SID approaches with Stata, R and Pajek Handout ; Supplementary files
1345-1415Talk: Using SID to analyse occupational structure Slides
1415-1500Lab: Creating CAMSIS scores from large-scale social surveys Handout ; Supplementary files
1515-1545Talk: Using SNA to analyse occupational structure Handout
1545-1630Lab: Creating and analysing networks of occupational structure Handout ; Supplementary files


Please cite these sources as: Lambert, P.S., and Griffiths, D. (2012) Introduction to analysing social connections and occupational structure. University of Cambridge, 12/9/2012.



Introduction to the analysis of large-scale data on social connections

Historical Demography Scientific Research Network, Utrecht University, 26 April 2012

As a consequence of the worldwide digitization of historical occupational sources, historians, demographers, economists and sociologists are able to gain new insights in the occupational structure in the 19th and 20th centuries. To stimulate the academic discussion on the possibilities these data provide, the Scientific Research Network Historical Demography organise a workshop on the analysis of large-scale data on social connections. The workshop introduces ways in which techniques of Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Social Interaction Distance (SID) analysis can be applied to large-scale data resources in order to analyze social structures in societies. Paul Lambert and Dave Griffiths from the ESRC funded project Social Networks and Occupational Structure (SONOCS) will be guiding you through introductory materials covering statistical methods and software applications (Stata, Pajek and R). Illustrative applications will then be presented using the example of historical datasets with information on the social connections between occupations.
1030-1130Introduction to the analysis of social connections data Slides
1200-1300Lab: Introduction to SNA and SID approaches with Stata, R and Pajek Handout ; Supplementary files
1400-1430Application: using SID to analyse occupational structure in the past Slides
1430-1500Application: using SNA to analyse occupational structure in the past Slides
1530-1630Lab: Historical data on occupations and its analysis using SNA and SID approaches Handout ; Supplementary files

Please cite these sources as: Lambert, P.S., and Griffiths, D. (2012) Introduction to the analysis of large-scale data on social connections. Scientific Research Network Historical Demography, Utrecht University, 26/4/2012.