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" Advances in Cross-National Comparison : "
edited by Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Christof Wolf.
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714849
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edited by Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Christof Wolf.
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Advances in Cross-National Comparison : : a European Working Book for Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables\ edited by Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Christof Wolf.
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Boston, MA: Springer US, 2003
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(ix, 413 pages)
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1441991867
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: 9781441991867
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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.
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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.
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Economics -- Statistics.
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Economics.
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Social sciences.
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Christof Wolf
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Jürgen H P Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik
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