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  2. Social mobility - Wikipedia

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    Participants at midlife did not necessarily end up in the same social class as their fathers. [71] There was social mobility in the sample: 45% of men were upwardly mobile, 14% were downward mobile and 41% were socially stable. IQ at age 11 had a graded relationship with participant's social class. The same effect was seen for father's occupation.

  3. Status attainment - Wikipedia

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    Peter M. Blau (1918–2002) and Otis Duncan (1921–2004) were the first sociologists to isolate the concept of status attainment. Their initial thesis stated that the lower the level from which a person starts, the greater is the probability that he will be upwardly mobile, simply because many more occupational destinations entail upward mobility for men with low origins than for those with ...

  4. Occupational prestige - Wikipedia

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    The National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS:88, NCES, 1988) initially employed a measure of SES developed by Stevens and Featherman (1981) based on father's income, mother's income, father's education, mother's education, and father's and mother's occupation as rated by the SEI model.

  5. Stay-at-home dad - Wikipedia

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    By 2015, the proportion had risen to about 1 in 10. Stay-at-home fathers were on average older (45 years old) than fathers in single-earner families (40 years old) and dual-earner families (41 years old). However, as was the case for stay-at-home mothers, stay-at-home fathers were more likely to have lower levels of education.

  6. Surname - Wikipedia

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    He elaborated on the origins: "Some surnames have origins that are occupational – obvious examples are Smith and Baker. Other names can be linked to a place, for example, Hill or Green, which relates to a village green. Surnames that are 'patronymic' are those which originally enshrined the father's name – such as Jackson, or Jenkinson.

  7. Parish register - Wikipedia

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    Occupation (normally man only) Father's forename, surname and occupation or rank; Signature; Whether by Banns or by Licence; Witness(es) signature(s) Note: from 1837, the information contained in parish records is the same as that on a civil marriage certificate. Examples: Married 2 May 1635 Francis Ducke and Anne Knaggs

  8. Earl Woods - Wikipedia

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    Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was the father of American professional golfer Tiger Woods.Woods started his son in golf at a very early age and coached him exclusively over his first years in the sport.

  9. Working parent - Wikipedia

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    A working parent is a father or a mother who engages in a work life. Contrary to the popular belief that work equates to efforts aside from parents' duties as a childcare provider and homemaker, it is thought [by whom?] that housewives or househusbands count as working parents. [1]