عنوان

Advances in Cross-National Comparison :

(Number (ISBN

1441991867

(Number (ISBN

9781441991867

Number

b537001

Title Proper

Advances in Cross-National Comparison :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a European Working Book for Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Christof Wolf.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boston, MA

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer US

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(ix, 413 pages)

Text of Note

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.

Text of Note

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.

Economics -- Statistics.

Economics.

Social sciences.

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Book number

edited by Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Christof Wolf.

Christof Wolf

Jürgen H P Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik

Electronic name

[Book]

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