Addresses the question of change in the processes of socioeconomic allocation for men and women from 1962 to 1973. Data drawn from the 1962 bench mark study of socioeconomic stratification and from the 1973 replicate are examined for evidence which signifies whether or not lessening of sexual inequalities in status and socioeconomic opportunity…

The American philosophy of social mobility has traditionally focused upon equal opportunity to succeed rather than the actual equality of socioeconomic status from the outset. Two replicate studies of social mobility in the U.S. undertaken in the early sixties and seventies enable social scientists to measure shifts in opportunities for American…

We have tried to address two questions: "What has been the trend of socioeconomic opportunity for black and white men in the U. S. during the past decade?" and "what has been the trend of racial discrimination in the socioeconomic achievements of black men?" Using 1962 Current Population Survey data, we estimated a simple three-equation model of…