List of Tables
| 3.1 Malaysia: distribution of employers by ethnic group 40 1947–91 | |
| 3.2 Malaysia: employment according to major 41 occupation 1957–2000 | |
| 3.3 Peninsular Malaysia: employment by ethnic group and work category 1957 and 1970 50 | |
| 3.4 Employment by occupation and ethnic group 55 | |
| 3.5 Employment by occupation and ethnic group 56 | |
| 4.1 Basic profile of respondents 60 | |
| 4.2 Current and first occupation of respondents 63 | |
| 4.3 Class positions of fathers of respondents 64 | |
| 4.4 Educational levels of respondents 67 | |
| 4.5 Educational levels of respondents by age group 67 | |
| 4.6 Level of education of respondents' fathers 68 | |
| 4.7 Individual and joint incomes of respondents 72 | |
| 4.8 Benefits provided by respondents' employers 73 | |
| 4.9 Occupational mobility of respondents 75 | |
| 5.1 Respondents' marital status 79 | |
| 5.2 Respondents' age at first marriage 80 | |
| 5.3 Class position of spouses of respondents by sex of respondents 81 | |
| 5.4 Respondents' current and preferred number of children 83 | |
| 5.5 Tuition and other outside school lessons/activities for children of new Malay middle-class and working-class respondents 88 | |
| 5.6 Parents' preference for son's career 90 | |
| 5.7 Parents' preference for daughter's career 91 | |
| 5.8 Malay workers in the Klang Valley: parents' preference for children's careers (first choice only) 92 | |
| 5.9 Place of stay of respondents' parents 94 | |
| 5.10 Respondents' relationship with and financial support for parents 95 |
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