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
curricula
A data set of 390 subjects on 5 social classes and 3 different curricula:
s.class1
Merged social classes I and II because the frequencies were small
s.class2
Social class III
s.class3
Social class IV
s.class4
Social class V
curricula1
College Prep curriculum
curricula2
General curriculum
curricula3
Commercial 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.