Occupational Stratification and Mobility in the Large Urban Community

Abstract

This is the second part of a series of reports based on a sampling survey in Tokyo in the summer of 1952. In this part, the strata structure of the large urban community is examined through a study of occupational stratification and mobility. Geographical mobility is also analysed in relation to occupational mobility.Indices used were : (1) place of birth, (2) father's occupation (name, position in job, type of job, and its industrial classification), (3) the place where he had finished compulsory education, (4) educational level, (5) his first job, (6) the place of his first job, (7) the job which he had engaged in immediatelir before coming to Tokyo and its geographical locale, (8) the job after coming to Tokyo, and (9) the age at time of arrival there.At first, strata classification of occupation is discussed. And then the existing classification system of occupation (the classification used at the 1930 Census) is modified and a new system based on eight categories of occupational types is established.Next, the occupational structure of the metropolis is analysed and its characteristics are summarized.Then the population flow of Tokyo is analysed from the point of geographical, generational and age levels. Special emphasis is given to the problem of second and third sons of farmers, that is, what is their position in the existing population structure and from what strata and locality have they come.And the origins of the immigrant and native population of the metropolis is analysed in terms of birth place and occupational strata. Finally, the occupational relationship of generations are treated within each occupational category. Occupational mobility is analysed in terms of generation and temporal changes rather than geographical changes.