The Rise in Occupational Coding Mismatches and Occupational Mobility, 1991-2020
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| Title: | The Rise in Occupational Coding Mismatches and Occupational Mobility, 1991-2020 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Andrew Taeho Kim (ORCID |
| Source: | Sociological Methods & Research. 2026 55(2):659-699. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 41 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Occupational Mobility, Coding, Occupations, National Surveys, Reliability |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Current Population Survey |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00491241241303517 |
| ISSN: | 0049-1241 1552-8294 |
| Abstract: | Occupation is a construct prone to classification mismatches by coders and description inconsistency by respondents. We explore whether mismatches in occupational coding have recently increased, what factors are associated with the rise in mismatches, and how the rise affects estimates of intragenerational occupational mobility. Utilizing the 1991-2020 Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey, which collects information on respondents' current occupation and the previous year's main occupation, we identify coding mismatches and compare the probabilities of occupational mobility based on four combinations of two variables. Our results show that not only do the estimates of occupational mobility between two adjacent years vary substantially across measures, but also that the magnitudes of intragenerational occupational mobility across measures become increasingly decoupled over time. We demonstrate that the likely cause of this divergence is the rise in coding mismatches between coders. We discuss the implications of our findings. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1502110 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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