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Advances in Cross-National Comparison: A European Working Book for Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables

By Christof Wolf , Jürgen H. P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik (auth.) , Jürgen H. P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik , Christof Wolf (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer US
Year
2003
ISBN
978-1-4613-4828-3, 978-1-4419-9186-7
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-9186-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16586244 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
413\401
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
general; Economics general; Population Economics;Sociology

Description

The book consists of five parts and a concluding chapter. Part 1 covers general problems and presents solutions for the harmonisation of data from different national and/or cultural contexts. In the second part EUROSTAT and ESOMAR present their established standard instruments. Tested instruments each covering one variable (i.e. occupation, education) are presented in the third part. The fourth part again includes suggested tools for the harmonisation of single variables for which standardised instruments are not yet available (i.e. age, religion, ethnicity, household, family, income). The last part presents selected empirical analyses demonstrating the use and fruitfulness of instruments presented before. This book is mainly written for two groups. First, researchers and practitioners involved in comparative research in Europe. Second, researchers working with data of the statistical offices of European countries and data from institutions of the European Union.

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