Abstract

Previous research on historical trends in the UK in social-class and sex inequality in educational attainment and in occupational opportunity is extended well into the present century by means of the UK Household Longitudinal Study, with a particular focus on variation among England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In England, Wales and Scotland, class inequality of educational attainment declined during the transition to non-selective secondary schooling and to mass higher education. But the decline also was observed in Northern Ireland, which retained a selective system. The relationship between education and occupational destinations is then investigated for the same period of time. The use of recent data allowed this to be extended to the mature class destination even of the youngest cohort, who had experienced the stable system of comprehensive schools in the 1990s. Inequality of this opportunity also declined, but again with no particular connection to the educational reforms.

Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2022.2026763 .

摘要

通过英国家庭纵向研究，以前对英国社会阶层和性别不平等在教育程度和职业机会方面的历史趋势的研究已经延伸到本世纪，特别关注英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰之间的差异和北爱尔兰。在英格兰、威尔士和苏格兰，在向非选择性中学教育和大众高等教育过渡期间，受教育程度的阶级不平等有所下降。但在保留了选择性系统的北爱尔兰也观察到了下降。然后在同一时期调查教育和职业目的地之间的关系。使用最近的数据可以将其扩展到成熟的班级目的地，即使是最年轻的人群，1990年代经历了稳定的综合学校体系。这种机会的不平等也有所下降，但同样与教育改革没有特别的联系。

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