VAR CF0148 RESPONDENT SOC. CLASS (1)
COLUMNS 161 - 161
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
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