Nesstar - Study : Class and Social Structure of the Population of Czechoslovakia in 1984 - module of attitudes

Dataset: Class and Social Structure of the Population of Czechoslovakia in 1984 - module of attitudes

Abstract

The research "Class and Social Structure of the Population of Czechoslovakia in 1984" was conducted by the Federal Statistical Bureau, in cooperation with the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. The goals of this study were to collect information about social structure and about mobility in Czechoslovakia and to investigate opinions and attitudes about family values, social differences, social level an living standards and work and science-technical improvement. The survey was based on the representative sample (18,829 respondents) of the Czechoslovak population of the age 15+. The study included The Survey of Attitudes conducted on an independent subsample of 4.000 individuals. The study is related to the research "Class and Social Structure of the Population of Czechoslovakia 1978" in the matter of topics, methodology and organization.

Variable Groups

Full Title

Class and Social Structure of the Population of Czechoslovakia in 1984 - module of attitudes

Identification Number

CSDA00112en

Authoring Entity

Name	Affiliation
Federal Statistical Bureau
Group for Microcensus	Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Producer

Name	Affiliation	Abbreviation	Role
Group for Microcensus
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Date of Production

1984

Data Distributor

Name	Affiliation	Abbreviation
Sociological Data Archive	Institute of Sociology, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic	SDA

Depositor

Name	Affiliation	Abbreviation

Bibliographic Citation

Federal Statistical Office. Institute of Philosophy and Sociology (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences). Class and Social Structure of the Population of Czechoslovakia in 1984 - module of attitudes [dataset] [online]. Ver. 1.0. Prague: Czech Social Science Data Archive, 2008 [cited DATE]. DOI 10.14473/CSDA00112en

List of Keywords

Social structure in Czechoslovakia
Mobility in Czechoslovakia
Opinions and attitudes
Family values
Social differences
Social level
Living standards
Work and science-technical improvement

Topic Classification

Social structure of society
Social and demographic constitution of households
Basic mobility data about respondents
Income, life standards, leisure time spending
Attitudes and value orientations
Personal and family situation
Education
Qualification
Occupational structure
Time rhytm and non-work (leisure time) activities
Housing situation
Home equipment and homestead
Health situation

Country

Czechoslovakia (CSSR)

Geographic Coverage

The territory of Czechoslovakia (todays Czech Republic and Slovak Republic)

Unit of Analysis

An individual

Universe

The Czechoslovak population of the age 15+

Time Method

Cross - sectional

Sampling Procedure

The survey was based on the representative sample (18,829 respondents) of the Czechoslovak population of age 15+ which was extracted in three sampling steps (residence - household - individual) from the file originally created for the statistical survey of income (1981). In such a way 21,000 respondents were randomly selected from the original file of 120,000 cases and 200,000 households.
An independent subsample of 4.000 individuals from Microcensus was drawn using the same sampling frame. The Survey af Attitudes was conducted on this subsample in 1984.

Mode of Data Collection

Standardized individual interviews, standardized questionnaire (individuals and attitudes); standardized mail-sent questionnaire (organizations).

Weighting

None

Availability Status

Available for download by users registered at Czech Social Science Data Archive.

Restrictions

For non-commercial use only.

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Questionnare - Attitudes

Technical information - Attitudes

Related Studies

Class and Social Structure of the Population of Czechoslovakia in 1978

This research was focused on educational and occupational mobility, it explored in detail social status in the time of the research. Questions about personal income and non-work activities were included in the questionnaire. The structure and stratification of households were also the field of thist survey. One part of the questionnaire investigated demographic and social composition of households, its income, facilities and housing situation. The research in 1978 was particularly focused on the character of work, managing functions, department of work, social position of children, place of residence and geographical mobility.

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