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Table 1 Occupations and occupational prestige scores in position generator

From: A multilevel analysis of social capital and self-reported health: evidence from Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

Prestige score

Occupation

Prestige score

Doctor

85.6

Officer (armed forces)

65.5

Assemblyman

84.7

Police officer

63.9

Professor

84.2

Employee of a large

company

61.9

Owner of a large company

83.1

Nurse

61.3

Lawyer

82.7

Computer programmer

58.5

Local governor,

76.3

Technician

54.7

Clergy

75.9

Skilled worker

49.7

Pharmacist

74.5

Small shop owner

48.4

School teacher

71.9

Salesman

43.2

Producer

71.2

Driver

41.0

Entertainer

71.1

Farmer

40.0

Journalist

70.2

Construction worker

31.7

Small-business owner

70.1

  

Variables

Mean (S.D.)

Factor loading

Cronbach's alpha

Network diversity

10.05 (5.90)

0.767

0.81

Upper reachability

81.85 (6.75)

0.927

 

Range of prestige score

40.94 (11.81)

0.780

 

Eigenvalue

2.05

Explained variance (%)

0.98