TY - CHAP
T1 - The 'Private Household' as a Standard Socio-demographic Variable.
AU - Warner, Uwe
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In survey research, 'household' plays a number of different roles:
First, it is used in many surveys as a sampling unit. Household addresses are drawn from lists of households; interviewers then visit the selected households to establish
Second, as a social institution, the household has the function of imposing social order on the individual behaviour and personal orientations or attitudes of social actors.
Third, in survey research, it is established practice to assume that respondents' characteristics can be influenced by characteristics of the household community of which
he is a member. For example, the socio-economic status of the respondent is derived from the social status of the member of the household who enjoys the greatest social prestige. The personal lifestyle and the life chances of the respondent are determined by the social and economic resources of the household as a whole, for example by the total net household income.
AB - In survey research, 'household' plays a number of different roles:
First, it is used in many surveys as a sampling unit. Household addresses are drawn from lists of households; interviewers then visit the selected households to establish
Second, as a social institution, the household has the function of imposing social order on the individual behaviour and personal orientations or attitudes of social actors.
Third, in survey research, it is established practice to assume that respondents' characteristics can be influenced by characteristics of the household community of which
he is a member. For example, the socio-economic status of the respondent is derived from the social status of the member of the household who enjoys the greatest social prestige. The personal lifestyle and the life chances of the respondent are determined by the social and economic resources of the household as a whole, for example by the total net household income.
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-86819-019-9
T3 - GESIS-Schriftenreihe
SP - 169
EP - 186
BT - Demographic Standards for Surveys and Polls in Germany and Poland
PB - GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
CY - Mannheim
ER -