Sociodemographic Questionnaire Modules for Comparative Social Surveys

• Main Authors: Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Jürgen H.P (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Warner, Uwe (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
• Subjects: Demography.; Social sciences.; Statistics .; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

Above all, this book focuses on the application of sociodemographic survey questions. Based on theoretical foundations, it addresses the operationalization of variables and presents socio-demographic questionnaire modules for within- and across-country comparative survey research. The book pursues t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction, problem and research question
• Part 1: Harmonization of survey questions
• Harmonization of demographic and socioeconomic survey questions: From national concepts to internationally comparable measurements
• Demographic and socioeconomic questions in surveys
• Part 2: The guestionnaire
• The harmonized questionnaire for sociodemographic measures
• Part 3: Guidelines for handling the harmonized questionnaire
• Central project coordinators
• National research teams
• National field agencies and their interviewers
• Respondents
• Data processing units
• Appendix
• Further Reading.