DOI: 10.3886/icpsr09323.v1
title: Comparative Project on Class Structure and Class Consciousness: Core and Country-Specific Files
title: Version 1

description: This data collection was designed to provide systematic data 
 for analyzing class structure. The central objective of the survey was 
 to develop rigorous measures of the relational dimensions of social 
 inequality (particularly relations of authority, autonomy, and 
 property) to complement data on the gradational dimensions of social 
 inequality (e.g., income, education, and occupational status). In order 
 to explore the macro-properties of class structures and their effects 
 via comparative analysis, the survey was replicated in a number of 
 countries in addition to the United States. This collection presents 
 data for ten countries: the United States (1980), Sweden (1980), 
 Finland (1981), Norway (1982), Canada (1982), Great Britain (1984), 
 West Germany (1985), Denmark (1985), Australia (1986), and Japan 
 (1987). Seven general topic areas are covered: class relations, other 
 aspects of social structural location, organizational context, class 
 biography and class experience, the sexual division of labor in the 
 home, social and political attitudes, and political participation. 
 Questions addressing the respondent's location within class relations 
 cover work-related issues such as supervision, decision-making, 
 autonomy, respondent's location within the organizational hierarchy of 
 the work place, ownership, labor-market position, and income. 
 Information on other aspects of social structural location includes 
 occupation, industry, geographical location, sex, race, and ethnicity 
 of respondents. Among the measures of organizational context are size 
 of employing organization, linkages to the state sector, linkages to 
 larger corporations, and industrial sector. Under the topics of class 
 biography and class experience, information is provided concerning 
 class origins and job histories of the respondent, his or her parents, 
 spouse, and closest friends, and class-relevant experiences such as 
unemployment, union membership, and participation in a strike.
description: United States: Two-stage cluster sample of telephone 
 numbers in the coterminous United States. Sweden: Random sample drawn 
 from National Register of the Population. Norway: Stratified random 
 sample. Canada: Four-stage replicated probability sample. Finland: 
 Stratified random sample from the population register. Britain: 
 Three-stage stratified random sample. Australia: random sample from the 
 1981 Australian Census. West Germany: three-stage cluster sample. 
Denmark: Stratified random sample. Japan: unknown.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Core and Equivalent Variables - All Countries
DS2: Sweden Specific Variables
DS3: Norway Specific Variables
DS4: Canada Specific Variables
DS5: Britain Specific Variables
DS6: Australia Specific Variables
DS7: West Germany Specific Variables
DS8: Japan Specific Variables
DS9: Denmark Specific Variables
DS10: User's Guide, Vol. I - Introduction, Project Description, and Master Variable List
DS11: User's Guide, Vol. II - Supplementary Codes
DS12: User's Guide, Vol. III - Appendices
DS13: User's Guide, Volume IV -- Original Questionnaires
description: United States: Adults 18 years and older either working, 
 not working but wanting to work, or housewives with working spouses. 
 Sweden: Adults aged 18-65 in the work force. Norway: People aged 16-66 
 either employed, unemployed, or housewives. Canada: 
 Non-institutionalized, non-disabled adult population aged 18 or older 
 either employed, unemployed, or housewives. Finland: Adult population 
 aged 18-65 either employed, unemployed, or housewives. Britain: People 
 aged 16-64 who were not in full-time education. Australia: Employed 
 adults aged 18 or older. West Germany: Adults aged 18-72 in the labor 
 force as either employed or unemployed. Denmark: People aged 15 years 
or older. Japan: Unknown.
description: The data are organized in three logical sections: core 
 variables, equivalent variables, and country-specific variables. Core 
 variables represent those originally fielded in the United States, most 
 of which were fielded in the other nine countries as well. Equivalent 
 variables represent those questions that yielded similar but not 
 identical responses across countries, for example education variables. 
 The core and equivalent variables for all countries are presented in 
 one merged data file (Part 1). Users should note that equivalent 
 variables also will be found in the appropriate country-specific data 
 file (Parts 2-9). Country-specific variables represent questions 
 fielded in eight of the ten countries that were not included in the 
 core set of variables. No country-specific variables are provided for 
 the United States or Finland. This collection is a continuation of 
 ICPSR 8413 (CLASS STRUCTURE AND CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS: MERGED 
 MULTI-NATION FILE), which provided data for five countries in one 
merged data file.