PAST SCORES
For each of the years for which NPB-OSS scores have been calculated, a citation is given which directs you to a document or a source which can be found in a public library that holds census collections or in a university library.
1950
U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. Methodology and Scores of Socioeconomic Status. Working Paper No. 15. Washington, D.C.
(This is the first presentation of NPB-OSS methodology, and scores are shown for 1950)
1960
U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1967. U.S. Census of Population: 1960, Subject Reports, Socioeconomic Status. Final Report PC(2)-5C. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
(This report in the 1960 Census publication series discusses methodology and provides detailed cross-tabulations of socioeconomic status with other census variables.)
1970
Nam, Charles B., John LaRoque, Mary G. Powers, and Joan Holmberg. 1975. Occupational Status Scores: Stability and Change. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section, 570-575.
(The scores for 1970 are presented, along with comparisons for earlier years.)
1980
Nam, Charles B., and E. Walter Terrie. 1988. 1980-Based Nam-Powers Occupational Status Scores. Florida State University, Center for the Study of Population, Working Paper Series, WPS 88-48.
(This working paper, covering the scores for 1980, can be accessed at the Florida State University Libraries.)
1990
Terrie, E. Walter, and Charles B. Nam. 1994. 1990 and 1980 Nam-Powers-Terrie Occupational Status Scores. Florida State University, Center for the Study of Population. Working Paper Series, WPS 94-118.
(This working paper, which presents the scores for 1990 and compares them to those for 1980, can be accessed at the Florida State University Libraries.)
2000
Nam, Charles B., and Monica Boyd. 2004. Occupational status in 2000; Over a century of census-based measurement. Population Research and Policy Review, 23: 327-358.
(This article gives some historical background of socioeconomic measurement in U.S. censuses over time and presents the NPB-OSS scores for the year 2000.)
(See Coding Aids for 2000 NPB-OSS scores)
For each of the years for which NPB-OSS scores have been calculated, a citation is given which directs you to a document or a source which can be found in a public library that holds census collections or in a university library.
1950
U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. Methodology and Scores of Socioeconomic Status. Working Paper No. 15. Washington, D.C.
(This is the first presentation of NPB-OSS methodology, and scores are shown for 1950)
1960
U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1967. U.S. Census of Population: 1960, Subject Reports, Socioeconomic Status. Final Report PC(2)-5C. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
(This report in the 1960 Census publication series discusses methodology and provides detailed cross-tabulations of socioeconomic status with other census variables.)
1970
Nam, Charles B., John LaRoque, Mary G. Powers, and Joan Holmberg. 1975. Occupational Status Scores: Stability and Change. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Social Statistics Section, 570-575.
(The scores for 1970 are presented, along with comparisons for earlier years.)
1980
Nam, Charles B., and E. Walter Terrie. 1988. 1980-Based Nam-Powers Occupational Status Scores. Florida State University, Center for the Study of Population, Working Paper Series, WPS 88-48.
(This working paper, covering the scores for 1980, can be accessed at the Florida State University Libraries.)
1990
Terrie, E. Walter, and Charles B. Nam. 1994. 1990 and 1980 Nam-Powers-Terrie Occupational Status Scores. Florida State University, Center for the Study of Population. Working Paper Series, WPS 94-118.
(This working paper, which presents the scores for 1990 and compares them to those for 1980, can be accessed at the Florida State University Libraries.)
2000
Nam, Charles B., and Monica Boyd. 2004. Occupational status in 2000; Over a century of census-based measurement. Population Research and Policy Review, 23: 327-358.
(This article gives some historical background of socioeconomic measurement in U.S. censuses over time and presents the NPB-OSS scores for the year 2000.)
(See Coding Aids for 2000 NPB-OSS scores)
