I attempt to determine to what extent data on occupational career from the past, reported by respondents non-working in the survey, are valid measure of their social status. I argue, here, that these procedure, often ...

One of the key issues in methodology of sociological research concerns identification of measurement errors. This analysis starts from historical overview of methods of analysis of this issue. Then some attempt is made to ...

This is an overview of some problems of using indicators in sociological research. I discuss (i) assumptions behind theoretical approach in dealing with indicators, (ii) questions of measurement, (iii) choice of indicators, ...

We are dwelling, here, with analysis of stability in responses given by respondents during one interview. Stability is referred to reliability of questions. We point out some determinants of changes in answering the same ...

This analysis aims at presentation of class schema constructed by Robert Erikson and John Goldthorpe referred to EGP. It is well-established and most widely employed coding schema in international research on social ...

Patterns of eating, as an element of lifestyle and consumption, constitute a major research area in the social and health sciences. The study of eating patterns focus on what people eat, whether they eat alone or in company, ...

Research in social stratification shares the assumption that social origin operates through assets embedded in the family structure, yet scholars’ opinions of how resources get transmitted intergenerationally vary ...