Harmonised questions for government social surveys
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Harmonised questions for government social surveys
HMSO, c1995
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Following consultations among users of Government social statistics which revealed a clear need to achieve greater comparability of data from different sources, this book sets out the questions which should be harmonized wherever possible.
Table of Contents
- The need for harmonization of concepts and definitions
- principles of harmonizations
- practical assumptions
- the scope of harmonization
- the primary set of questions and definitions
- the secondary set of questions and definitions
- conventions. Primary sets of questions and definitions: definition of household response unit
- household composition
- household relationships grid
- ethnic group grid
- tenure
- economic activity
- industry, occupation, employment status and socio-economic classifications
- full-time and part-time work
- income classification. Secondary sets of questions and definitions: Social Security benefits received
- consumer durables
- income from main job as employee
- income from self-employment
- selected job details
- accommodation type
- housing costs and benefits
- length of residence
- vehicles
- health.
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