Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Among Employed and Non-employed Women: The Australian Case

Abstract

Previous published research on class mobility in Australia has confined itself exclusively to the linkages between male occu pational origins and destinations. In this paper I use an approach that allows me to incorporate two unique aspects of womens' class experiences. Firstly, only the occupations of mothers are included in the portrayal of women's occupational origins. Second, I consider housework as a possible 'occu pational' outcome or class position for women. My general conclusion is that, not only do daughters inherit the class loca tions of their mothers, but there has been no change in the strength of this association during the postwar era.