Key Variables in Social Investigation / edited by Robert G. Burgess.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burgess, Robert, editor.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions. British Sociological Association ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Research.

Sociology.

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Summary:

"Key Variables in Social Investigation encourages sociologists and other social scientists to think about the conceptual and empirical problems of using and evaluating key variables in social research. The book contains reviews of ten major variables: age; gender; race and ethnicity; health and illness; education; social class and occupation; work, employment and unemployment and unemployment; leisure; politics; and voluntary ways in which concepts can be specified and translated into variables and indicators. "--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction / Robert G. Burgess

chapter 2 Age / Janet Finch

chapter 3 Gender / D. H. J. Morgan

chapter 4 Race and Ethnicity * / Martin Bulmer

chapter 5 Health and Illness / Sally Macintyre

chapter 6 Education * / Robert G. Burgess

chapter 7 Social Class and Occupation 1 / Catherine Marsh

chapter 8 Work, Employment and Unemployment / Kate Purcell

chapter 9 Leisure / Stanley Parker

chapter 10 Politics / David Jary

chapter 11 Voluntary Associations / C. G. Pickvance

chapter 12 Do Concepts, Variables and Indicators Interrelate? / Martin Bulmer Robert G. Burgess.

Notes:

First published in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul plc. This edition first published in 2018 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-16999-8

1-351-16998-X

1-351-17000-7

9781351170000

OCLC:

1029237402