VAR CF0148 RESPONDENT SOC. CLASS (1)

VAR CF0148    RESPONDENT SOC. CLASS (1)
              COLUMNS 187-187
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 9


        There's been some talk these days about different social classes.
        Most people say they belong either to the middle class or the working
        class.

        Do you ever think of yourself as belonging in one of these classes?
        (IF YES:) Which one? /
        (IF NO:) Well, if you had to make a  choice, would you call yourself
        middle class or working class?  Would you say that you are about
        average middle/working class or that you are in the upper part of the
        middle/working class?

        R'S SOCIAL CLASS [1]
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        In 1958, if R did not know whether s/he thought of self as a member of
        the working or middle class, then s/he was not probed with "If you had
        to make a choice..."; only Rs who answered 'no' were probed.  In all
        other years, Rs answering DK to the lead-in were also probed with the
        "If you had to make a choice..." question.

        In 1992, this set of questions was not part of the short-form
        questionnaire; for short-form 'panel' cases, however, 1990 study data
        was incorporated into the 1992 social class summary variable (although
        1990 data for short-form 'panel' cases was NOT incorporated into the
        1992 social class component vars which preceded the summary var
        [VCF0149 INAP FOR ALL SHORT FORM].

            0.  Lower class (VOLUNTEERED)
            1.  Average working
            2.  Working--NA average or upper
            3.  Upper working
            4.  Average middle
            5.  Middle class--NA average or upper
            6.  Upper middle
            7.  Upper class (VOLUNTEERED)

            9.  DK; NA; OTHER (incl. "refused to accept idea of class");

        1956:  224        1958:  219         1966:  219
        1968:  209        1970:  356(type 0) 1972:  400
        1974:  2525       1976:  3486        1978:  603
        1980:  691        1982:  732         1984:  685
        1988:  525        1990:  668         1992:  4114
        1994:  1409       2000:  001005


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