Table of Contents
1. Measuring Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables in Cross-National Research: An Overview; C. Wolf, J.H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik. Part I: Harmonising Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables: Objectives. 2. Harmonising Data in Official Statistics: Development, Procedures, and Data Quality; M. Ehling. 3. The ISSP and its Approach to Background Variables; M. Braun, R. Uher. 4. Harmonising Sampling Frames and Indicators in International Market Research: A German Perspective; M. Smid, D. Hess. Part II: International Standards for Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables. 5. Harmonisation of Socio-Economic Variables in EU Statistics; L. Mejer. Appendix: EU-SILC Materials from the Pilot Study in 2002; compiled by U. Warner, J.H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik. 6. The ESOMAR Standard Demographic Classification: A System of International Socio-Economic Classification of Respondents to Survey Research; ESOMAR. Part III: International Instruments for Selected Variables. 7. International Classification of Status in Employment, ICSE-93; E. Hoffmann. 8. International Statistical Comparisons of Occupational and Social Structures: Problems, Possibilities and the Role of ISCO-88; E. Hoffmann. 9. Three Internationally Standardised Measures for Comparative Research on Occupational Status; H.B.G. Ganzeboom, D.J. Treiman. 10. International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED 1997; UNESCO. 11. The CASMIN Educational Classification in International Comparative Research; H. Brauns, S. Scherer, S. Steinmann. 12. The Classification of Education as a Sociological Background Characteristic; J.H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik. Part IV: Suggested Conventions for Selected Variables for Which Comparative Instruments Do Not Exist. 13. How to Measure Sex/Gender and Age; C. Wolf, J.H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik. 14. How to Measure Race and Ethnicity; J.H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik. 15. How to Measure Household and Family; W. Bien, H. Quellenberg. 16. How to Measure (New) Work Situations; B. Langfeldt. 17. How to Measure Income; U. Warner, J.H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik. Part V: Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Empirical Applications. 18. Using CASMIN: The Effect of Education on Wages in Britain and Germany; M. Brynin. 19. Education and Unemployment Risks among Market Entrants: A Comparison of France, the United Kingdom and West Germany; H. Brauns, M. Gangl, S. Scherer. 20. The Validity of Income Measurements in Comparative Perspective: Non-Responses and Biases; C. Holst. Part VI: Harmonising Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables: Synthesis. 21. Comparing Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables Across Nations: Synthesis and Recommendations; J.H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, C. Wolf. Contributing Authors. Index.