VAR CF0148A RESPONDENT SOCIAL CLASS (2)
COLUMNS 162 - 162
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] RECODED
-------------------------------------------------------------------
USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
This variable is the same as VCF0148 except for years 1960,1964 and
1986. For these 3 years, data from VCF0149 have been incorporated in
the following manner: if VCF0149 is coded 1 or 2, this variable is
coded 5; if VCF0149 is coded 3 or 4, this variable is coded 2.
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
9. DK; NA; OTHER (incl. "refused to accept idea of class");
1956: 224 1958: 219 1960: 155
1964: 231 1966: 219 1968: 209
1970: 356(type 0) 1972: 400 1974: 2525
1976: 3486 1978: 603 1980: 691
1982: 732 1984: 685 1986: 736
1988: 525 1990: 668 1992: 4114
1994: 1409
==============================