Subjektívna identifikácia vlastnej pozície v stratifikačnom systéme slovenskej spoločnosti
Subjective Identification of One’s Own Position within the Stratification System of Slovak Society

Summary/Abstract: Subjective Identification of One’s Own Position within the Stratification System of Slovak Society. In our study we first review the overall situation in the study of stratification of the Slovak society. After introducing objective and subjective measures of social stratification, we focus on subjective placement in the stratification system of men and women. Inspired by previous research in western societies we try to establish how important the characteristics of a respondent’s partner are for his or her subjective placement in the stratification system of society. We measure subjective placement using two scales – a named class scale and a free top to bottom scale to conclude, that the scale using class names increases the measured influence of education and type of work. We attribute this difference to class labels (e.g. working class), which implicate certain education levels and type of employment. When comparing the subjective placement of men and women we find, in accordance with previous findings from other countries, that women in Slovakia generally take into account the characteristic of their partners (sharing model) compared to men, who usually do not use partner’s characteristic when placing themselves within the stratification system (independence model). By comparing our results from 2001 and 2008 data we find a modest shift in the subjective placement of women towards the independence model in 2008. Sociológia 2010, Vol. 42 (No 2: 87-112)

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