Harmonising demographic and socio-economic variables for cross-national comparative survey research [electronic resource] / Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Uwe Warner.
2014
HM538
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Title
Harmonising demographic and socio-economic variables for cross-national comparative survey research [electronic resource] / Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Uwe Warner.
ISBN
9789400772380 electronic book
9400772386 electronic book
9789400772373
9400772386 electronic book
9789400772373
Published
Dordrecht : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 274 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-94-007-7238-0 doi
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HM538
Dewey Decimal Classification
300.72/3
Summary
This book explains harmonisation techniques that can be used in survey research to align national systems of categories and definitions in such a way that comparison is possible across countries and cultures. It provides an introduction to instruments for collecting internationally comparable data of interest to survey researchers. It shows how seven key demographic and socio-economic variables can be harmonised and employed in European comparative surveys. The seven key variables discussed in detail are: education, occupation, income, activity status, private household, ethnicity, and family. These demographic and socio-economic variables are background variables that no survey can do without. They frequently have the greatest explanatory capacity to analyse social structures, and are a mirror image of the way societies are organised nationally. This becomes readily apparent when one attempts, for example, to compare national education systems. Moreover, a comparison of the national definitions of concepts such as "private household" reveals several different historically and culturally shaped underlying concepts. Indeed, some European countries do not even have a word for "private household". Hence such national definitions and categories cannot simply be translated from one culture to another.
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Table of Contents
Harmonisation of Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables
The Harmonisation Process: Harmonisation is not Translation
Existing Measurement Instruments for Data Collection
Background Variables for Cross-National Comparative Research: Data Sources
Core Social Variables and Their Implentation in Measurement Instruments
The Proposed Set of Instruments at a Glance
Comparability of Currently Available Survey Data.
The Harmonisation Process: Harmonisation is not Translation
Existing Measurement Instruments for Data Collection
Background Variables for Cross-National Comparative Research: Data Sources
Core Social Variables and Their Implentation in Measurement Instruments
The Proposed Set of Instruments at a Glance
Comparability of Currently Available Survey Data.