Entry:
Haller, Max; Mach, Bogdan; and Zwicky, Heinrich, "Social Structure in the Collective Consciousness: Nation and Class as Determinants of Attitudes to Inequality," Paper presented to the International Sociological Association, Prague, June, 1991.
Abstract:
There are three latent classes on social inequality - egalitarians, meritocrats, and inegalitarians. Americans are the most inegalitarian, the Swiss the most meritocratic, and the Italians and the Austrians the most egalitarian.
GSS Years:1987
Other Data Sets:
ISSP 1987
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| OPEDUC |
NEED GOOD EDUCATION TO GET AHEAD |
| OPHRDWRK |
NEED TO WORK HARD TO GET AHEAD |
| OPCLOUT |
NEED POLITICAL CONNECTIONS TO GET AHEAD |
| OPREGION |
MUST BE FROM RIGHT REGION TO GET AHEAD |
| INCENTIV |
PAY DIFFERENCES NEEDED FOR MOTIVATION |
| INEQUAL1 |
EXTRA PAY -> PEOPLE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY |
| INEQUAL3 |
INEQUALITY EXISTS FOR BENEFIT OF RICH |
| INEQUAL5 |
PAY DIFFERENCES -> AMERICAN PROSPERITY |
| PAYDOC |
HOW MUCH R THINKS DOCTOR MAKES |
| PAYUNSKL |
HOW MUCH R THINKS UNSKILLED WRKR MAKES |
| GIVDOC |
HOW MUCH OUGHT DOCTOR MAKE? |
| GIVUNSKL |
HOW MUCH OUGHT UNSKILLED WORKER MAKE? |
| INCGAP |
INCOME DIFFERENTIALS IN USA TOO BIG |
| GOVEQINC |
GOVMNT SHOULD REDUCE INC DIFFERENTIALS |
| GOVJOBS |
GOVMNT SHOULD PROVIDE JOBS |
| TAXRICH |
TAXES ON HIGH INCOME PEOPLE TOO HIGH |
| CONWLTH |
CONFLICT BETWEEN POOR AND RICH IN USA? |
| OCC |
RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970) |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |