An Analysis of College Students' Occupational Prestige Rating

Based on the analysis of the survey data collected in Xiamen University in 2002, it is clear that there are great consistencies between the rating of occupational prestige by college students and the results of other occupational prestige studies. Education, income, power and social resources are the four factors influencing occupational prestige. Therefore, occupational prestige rating is not only related to education income, and power status, but also to social resource status. There also exist status inconsistencies at present, i.e., there are some high prestige score occupations with quite low ratings for power, income or social resources, and some high income or powerful occupations with very low prestige scores. 