Advances in Cross-National Comparison

A European Working Book for Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Av Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Christof Wolf, Jurgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Jürgen H. P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik

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The book consists of five parts and a concluding chapter. The last part presents selected empirical analyses demonstrating the use and fruitfulness of instruments presented before. This book is mainly written for two groups.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-10-06
Mått155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt645 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor413
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781461348283

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1. Measuring Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables in Cross-National Research: An Overview.- I: Harmonising Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables: Objectives.- 2. Harmonising Data in Official Statistics: Development, Procedures, and Data Quality.- 3. The ISSP and its Approach to Background Variables.- 4. Harmonising Sampling Frames and Indicators in International Market Research: A German Perspective.- II: International Standards for Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables.- 5. Harmonisation of Socio-Economic Variables in EU Statistics.- 6. The ESOMAR Standard Demographic Classification: A System of International Socio-Economic Classification of Respondents to Survey Research.- III: International Instruments for Selected Variables.- 7. International Classification of Status in Employment, ICSE-93.- 8. International Statistical Comparisons of Occupational and Social Structures: Problems, Possibilities and the Role of ISCO-88.- 9. Three Internationally Standardised Measures for Comparative Research on Occupational Status.- 10. International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED 1997.- 11. The CASMIN Educational Classification in International Comparative Research.- 12. The Classification of Education as a Sociological Background Characteristic.- IV: Suggested Conventions for Selected Variables for Which Comparative Instruments Do Not Exist.- 13. How to Measure Sex/Gender and Age.- 14. How to Measure Race and Ethnicity.- 15. How to Measure Household and Family.- 16. How to Measure (New) Work Situations.- 17. How to Measure Income.- V: Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Empirical Applications.- 18. Using CASMIN: The Effect of Education on Wages in Britain and Germany.- 19. Education and Unemployment Risks among Market Entrants: A Comparison of France, the United Kingdom and West Germany.- 20. The Validity of Income Measurements in Comparative Perspective: Non-Responses and Biases.- VI: Harmonising Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables: Synthesis.- 21. Comparing Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables Across Nations: Synthesis and Recommendations.- Contributing Authors.