Zentralarchiv für GESIS Empirische Sozialforschung Codebook ZA Study 1680 I S S P 1 9 8 7 S O C I A L I N E Q U A L I T Y Participating Nations: Australia Austria Great Britain Hungary Italy Netherlands Poland Switzerland United States West Germany ZA-No. 1680 I S S P 1987 - Social Inequality Page 49 V1 ZA STUDY NUMBER 1680 Location: 1 Width: 4 Zentralarchiv Study Number ’1680’ V2 RESPONDENT ID NUMBER Location: 5 Width: 7 Respondent Number This number uniquely identifies each respondent. The first two digits are identical with the country code, the next five digits contain the original identification number. V3 COUNTRY Location: 12 Width: 2 Country USA: The weight variable V107 controls for the black oversample. The additional variable V108 ’Sample filter’ distinguishes the US respondent’s race and sample Unweighted Abs. % 01. Australia (AUS) 1663 9.78 02. Federal Republic of Germany (D) 1397 8.21 03. Great Britain (GB) 1212 7.13 04. USA (USA) 1564 9.20 Representative sample n=1285 Black oversample n= 279 05. Austria (A) 972 5.71 06. Hungary (H) 2606 15.32 07. Netherlands (NL) 1638 9.63 08. Italy (I) 1027 6.04 11. Switzerland (CH) 987 5.80 12. Poland (PL) 3943 23.18 17009 100.00 ZA-No. 1680 I S S P 1987 - Social Inequality Page 50 V4 AHEAD:WEALTHY FAMILY Location: 14 MD1: 9 Width: 1 MD2: 7 Q.1 To begin, we have some questions about opportunities for getting ahead ... Please tick one box for each of these to show how important you think it is for getting ahead in life ... Q.1a First, how important is coming from a wealthy family? 1. Essential 2. Very important 3. Fairly important 4. Not very important 5. Not important at all 7. PL: Not asked in version X of the questionnaire 8. Can’t choose, don’t know <AUS: not sure> 9. NA AUS D GB USA A H NL I CH PL 1 | 71| 93| 50| 49| 112| 408| 10| 65| 52| 164| % | 4.4| 6.9| 4.2| 3.9| 11.8| 16.1| .6| 6.4| 5.4| 8.6| 2 | 226| 237| 206| 203| 168| 459| 160| 345| 91| 517| % | 14.0| 17.6| 17.4| 16.3| 17.7| 18.1| 10.2| 33.7| 9.5| 27.1| 3 | 496| 444| 392| 360| 308| 686| 437| 251| 391| 521| % | 30.8| 33.0| 33.1| 28.8| 32.5| 27.0| 27.8| 24.5| 40.6| 27.3| 4 | 553| 371| 366| 411| 229| 643| 603| 201| 333| 458| % | 34.4| 27.6| 30.9| 32.9| 24.2| 25.3| 38.4| 19.6| 34.6| 24.0| 5 | 263| 201| 172| 226| 130| 344| 362| 161| 95| 246| % | 16.3| 14.9| 14.5| 18.1| 13.7| 13.5| 23.0| 15.7| 9.9| 12.9| 7 | | | | | | | | | |1974M| | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 8M| 44M| 20M| 22M| 25M| 34M| 39M| 4M| 12M| 46M| | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 46M| 7M| 6M| 14M| | 32M| 27M| | 13M| 17M| | | | | | | | | | | | Sum 1663 1397 1212 1285 972 2606 1638 1027 987 3943 ZA-No. 1680 I S S P 1987 - Social Inequality Page 51 V5 AHEAD:WELL-EDUC.PARENT Location: 15 MD1: 0 Width: 1 MD2: 8 Q.1b How important is: having well-educated parents? <See Q.1 for complete question text.> 1. Essential 2. Very important 3. Fairly important 4. Not very important 5. Not important at all 8. Can’t choose, don’t know <AUS: not sure> 9. NA 0. PL: Not available AUS D GB USA A H NL I CH PL 1 | 67| 106| 44| 74| 130| 252| 9| 68| 48| | % | 4.2| 7.8| 3.7| 5.9| 13.6| 9.9| .6| 6.7| 5.0| | 2 | 268| 415| 279| 417| 295| 423| 405| 389| 221| | % | 16.6| 30.4| 23.3| 33.1| 30.9| 16.7| 25.5| 38.1| 22.8| | 3 | 623| 571| 543| 523| 329| 745| 686| 306| 475| | % | 38.6| 41.8| 45.4| 41.5| 34.4| 29.4| 43.3| 30.0| 49.0| | 4 | 456| 193| 237| 184| 144| 801| 375| 194| 171| | % | 28.3| 14.1| 19.8| 14.6| 15.1| 31.6| 23.6| 19.0| 17.6| | 5 | 198| 81| 94| 63| 58| 312| 111| 63| 54| | % | 12.3| 5.9| 7.9| 5.0| 6.1| 12.3| 7.0| 6.2| 5.6| | 0 | | | | | | | | | |3943M| | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 3M| 27M| 11M| 10M| 16M| 40M| 15M| 5M| 8M| | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 48M| 4M| 4M| 14M| | 33M| 37M| 2M| 10M| | | | | | | | | | | | | Sum 1663 1397 1212 1285 972 2606 1638 1027 987 3943 ZA-No. 1680 I S S P 1987 - Social Inequality Page 52 V6 AHEAD:GOOD EDUCATION Location: 16 MD1: 9 Width: 1 MD2: 7 Q.1c How important is: having a good education yourself? <See Q.1 for complete question text.> 1. Essential 2. Very important 3. Fairly important 4. Not very important 5. Not important at all 7. PL: Not asked in version X of the questionnaire 8. Can’t choose, don’t know <AUS: not sure> 9. NA AUS D GB USA A H NL I CH PL 1 | 373| 531| 293| 446| 442| 333| 234| 299| 304| 340| % | 23.1| 38.4| 24.4| 35.2| 45.6| 13.1| 14.6| 29.3| 31.1| 17.6| 2 | 768| 667| 574| 619| 456| 637| 969| 506| 515| 847| % | 47.5| 48.3| 47.8| 48.9| 47.1| 25.0| 60.3| 49.6| 52.8| 43.7| 3 | 436| 150| 288| 184| 63| 809| 353| 172| 143| 498| % | 27.0| 10.9| 24.0| 14.5| 6.5| 31.8| 22.0| 16.9| 14.7| 25.7| 4 | 27| 29| 37| 17| 5| 588| 39| 33| 10| 213| % | 1.7| 2.1| 3.1| 1.3| .5| 23.1| 2.4| 3.2| 1.0| 11.0| 5 | 12| 5| 8| 1| 3| 178| 12| 10| 4| 39| % | .7| .4| .7| .1| .3| 7.0| .7| 1.0| .4| 2.0| 7 | | | | | | | | | |1974M| | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 2M| 10M| 7M| 2M| 3M| 28M| 6M| 4M| 1M| 20M| | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 45M| 5M| 5M| 16M| | 33M| 25M| 3M| 10M| 12M| | | | | | | | | | | | Sum 1663 1397 1212 1285 972 2606 1638 1027 987 3943 ZA-No. 1680 I S S P 1987 - Social Inequality Page 53 V7 GETTING AHEAD:AMBITION Location: 17 MD1: 9 Width: 1 MD2: 7 Q.1d How important is: having ambition? <See Q.1 for complete question text.> 1. Essential 2. Very important 3. Fairly important 4. Not very important 5. Not important at all 7. PL: Not asked in version X of the questionnaire 8. Can’t choose, don’t know <AUS: not sure> 9. NA AUS D GB USA A H NL I CH PL 1 | 673| 274| 448| 535| 277| 719| 318| 173| 233| 463| % | 41.5| 19.9| 37.3| 42.6| 28.9| 28.3| 20.1| 17.1| 24.2| 24.1| 2 | 721| 659| 508| 577| 482| 1126| 763| 318| 394| 900| % | 44.5| 47.9| 42.3| 45.9| 50.3| 44.3| 48.1| 31.5| 41.0| 46.9| 3 | 215| 355| 211| 133| 153| 570| 411| 280| 272| 502| % | 13.3| 25.8| 17.6| 10.6| 16.0| 22.4| 25.9| 27.7| 28.3| 26.1| 4 | 9| 71| 27| 10| 33| 101| 82| 165| 46| 41| % | .6| 5.2| 2.2| .8| 3.4| 4.0| 5.2| 16.3| 4.8| 2.1| 5 | 3| 18| 7| 2| 13| 27| 12| 74| 17| 15| % | .2| 1.3| .6| .2| 1.4| 1.1| .8| 7.3| 1.8| .8| 7 | | | | | | | | | |1974M| | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 2M| 15M| 5M| 13M| 14M| 30M| 30M| 9M| 10M| 37M| | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 40M| 5M| 6M| 15M| | 33M| 22M| 8M| 15M| 11M| | | | | | | | | | | | Sum 1663 1397 1212 1285 972 2606 1638 1027 987 3943 ZA-No. 1680 I S S P 1987 - Social Inequality Page 54 V8 AHEAD:NATURAL ABILITY Location: 18 MD1: 9 Width: 1 MD2: 7 Q.1e Natural ability - how important is that for getting ahead in life? <See Q.1 for complete question text.> 1. Essential 2. Very important 3. Fairly important 4. Not very important 5. Not important at all 7. PL: Not asked in version X of the questionnaire 8. Can’t choose, don’t know <AUS: not sure> 9. NA AUS D GB USA A H NL I CH PL 1 | 314| 227| 176| 161| 250| 707| 119| 261| 170| 446| % | 19.4| 16.5| 14.7| 12.8| 26.3| 28.1| 7.5| 25.8| 17.6| 23.1| 2 | 794| 572| 516| 583| 407| 1070| 698| 501| 383| 965| % | 49.0| 41.7| 43.0| 46.5| 42.9| 42.5| 44.0| 49.5| 39.7| 50.0| 3 | 463| 473| 451| 458| 243| 655| 565| 186| 353| 409| % | 28.6| 34.5| 37.6| 36.5| 25.6| 26.0| 35.6| 18.4| 36.6| 21.2| 4 | 43| 83| 50| 48| 44| 71| 182| 55| 50| 88| % | 2.7| 6.0| 4.2| 3.8| 4.6| 2.8| 11.5| 5.4| 5.2| 4.6| 5 | 6| 18| 8| 5| 5| 16| 23| 9| 8| 21| % | .4| 1.3| .7| .4| .5| .6| 1.4| .9| .8| 1.1| 7 | | | | | | | | | |1974M| | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 2M| 17M| 9M| 12M| 23M| 51M| 15M| 3M| 14M| 27M| | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 41M| 7M| 2M| 18M| | 36M| 36M| 12M| 9M| 13M| | | | | | | | | | | | Sum 1663 1397 1212 1285 972 2606 1638 1027 987 3943 ZA-No. 1680 I S S P 1987 - Social Inequality Page 55 V9 GETTG AHEAD:HARD WORK Location: 19 MD1: 9 Width: 1 MD2: 7 Q.1f Hard work - how important is that? <See Q.1 for complete question text.> 1.