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How Knowledge Is Power: Education and the Sense of Control



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  • Description:
    Using data from a 2005 nationally representative survey of working adults residing in the United States, we show that education is associated positively with a sense of personal control. The well-educated have higher status occupations which include higher levels of schedule control, challenging, interesting and enriching work, greater economic rewards and security, and a higher level of trust. Collectively, these patterns contribute substantially to the association between education and sense of control. We also observe that demanding work has a negative effect on sense of control, but this emerges only after adjusting for other higher status work conditions that correspond with demands. Our observations inform the integration of theoretical perspectives to describe education's benefits for personal and social functioning. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    0037-7732
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    153-183
  • Volume:
    87
  • Issue:
    1
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20057417
  • Citation:
    Soc Forces 2008 Sep; 87(1):153-183
  • Contact Point Address:
    Scott Schieman, Department of Sociology, 725 Spadina Ave., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 2J4 Canada
  • Email:
    scott.schieman@utoronto.ca
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2008
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Toronto
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20040901
  • Source Full Name:
    Social Forces
  • End Date:
    20090831
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:cd2aff3c8f6eb5a91e9ce61e5959986621b47b605c9983e515ae6b8c01df9fa85c856521888486707527b0fa3487b71c3d644fdac27309b0defd2b45d03ad167
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