Hollingshead (1949) found that the members of a small Middle Western community in the United States divided themselves into 5 social classes. He investigated his prediction that adolescents in the different social classes would enroll in different curricula
curriculaA data set of 390 subjects on 5 social classes and 3 different curricula:
s.class1Merged social classes I and II because the frequencies were small
s.class2Social class III
s.class3Social class IV
s.class4Social class V
curricula1College Prep curriculum
curricula2General curriculum
curricula3Commercial curriculum
The data were originally collected from 390 participants in terms of their social classes and actual curriculum enrollments.
Hollingshead, A.B. (1949). Elmtown's Youth: The Impact of Social Classes on Adolescents. Wiley.