VCF0148 Respondent Social Class 8-category

QUESTION:
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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?

VALID_CODES:
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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)

MISSING_CODES:
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9.  DK; NA; other (incl. "refused to accept idea of
    class")
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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1958 NOTE:
If R did not know whether R thought of self as a member of the working 
or middle class, then R 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).
1992 NOTE:
This set of questions was not part of the 'short-form' questionnaire; 
for short-form panel cases, however, 1990 study data were incorporated 
in the summary.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1956:  560224
1958:  580219  
1966:  660219
1968:  680209 
1970:  700356(type 0) 
1972:  720400
1974:  742525
1976:  763486 
1978:  780603
1980:  800691 
1982:  820732
1984:  840685
1988:  880525
1990:  900668  
1992:  924114
1994:  941409  
2000:  001005
2004:  043298