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The occupational prestige of the physiotherapy profession: Perception of physiotherapy students
International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2023 Background: Occupational prestige defines the social standing of a profession. It is a useful indicator of the profession’s marketability and desirability. Objectives: This study aimed at determining the perception of Nigerian students on the prestige of
Chigozie I Uchenwoke +5 more
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Assessment of occupational competence of deaf and hard of hearing individuals [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2022 When choosing a future profession, it is important for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students to be aware of the limitations that can be caused by a hearing loss.
Šešum Mia M. +2 more
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The effect of occupational status on health: Putting the social in socioeconomic status
Heliyon, 2023 High status occupations support positive health outcomes through providing access to both material and psychosocial resources. However, common measures of occupational status such as occupational prestige scores fail to capture cultural esteem that ...
Aidan Combs +3 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2021 OBJECTIVES: We investigated general job demands as a risk factor for lung cancer as well as their role in the association between occupational prestige and lung cancer.
Jan Hovanec +41 more
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Occupational Prestige and Gender-Occupational Segregation
Work, Employment and Society, 2017 The purpose of this article is to determine whether there is a relationship between the proportion of women working in an occupation and the prestige assigned to that occupation. Based on a representative sample of Spanish employees from the Spanish Quality of Working Life Survey, pooled-sample data (2007–2010) are used to show that occupations with ...
García Mainar, Inmaculada +2 more
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The effects of a psychosocial dimension of socioeconomic position on survival: occupational prestige and mortality among US working adults [PDF]
Sociology of Health and Illness, 2012 Peter Muennig, , Sharon Christ
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) development strongly varies based on individuals’ socioeconomic position (SEP), but to date, no studies have assessed the mediating role of perceived stress from long-term difficulties (chronic stress) in this ...
Liza A. Hoveling +3 more
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Prestige of social work as profession: Social worker's perspective
SHS Web of Conferences, 2018 Various studies show that the rating of the social workers profession is not very prestige in comparison with other professions. Often the leading motives why people choose to do social work are those guided by relative ideals, such as the desire to help
Vilka Lolita, Baha Irina
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EMPIRIA: Revista de Metodología de Ciencias Sociales, 2013 The article documents the process of defining the prestige hierarchy for a sample of occupations, a required component of a Position generator to estimate social Capital within a local atypical context, from a relational perspective.
Alejandro García, Octavio Martín Maza
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Occupational Prestige in Turkey in the Framework of Transforming Working Life
Journal of Economy Culture and Society, 2020 Occupation is central to the study and understanding of modern society. Today, it is possible to deal with many social problems, such as education, economy, urbanization, stratification through professions.
Lütfi Sunar
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