Table 1.

Occupational prestige score population distribution by sex and occupational sector

	Sample (n)	Population represented	Mean (S.E. mean)	25th percentile	75th percentile
Total	383,495	98,806,595	43.73 (0.08)	32.10	50.60
Men	204,734	53,979,890	43.65 (0.09)	31.95	50.59
Women	178,761	44,826,705	43.82 (0.08)	32.32	50.62
White collar	226,981	58,818,707	49.91 (0.06)	42.23	59.06
Service	48,878	12,254,998	32.73 (0.08)	23.50	40.18
Farm	10,222	2,567,081	33.24 (0.20)	23.83	39.52
Blue collar	97,414	25,165,808	35.69 (0.05)	29.42	39.88

All mean contrasts for categories in sex and occupational sector are significant at P < 0.01.