Table 7 Characteristics of the sociodemographic variables and their use in the analysis
Variable | ESS R9 | EVS W5 | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | agea Numeric | age Numeric | hage Numeric (EVS data top coded at 82+ for consistency with ESS data) |
Sex | gndr 1 Male 2 Female | v225 1 Male 2 Female | hfemale 0 Male 1 Female |
Education level | eisced 1 Less than lower secondary 2 Lower secondary 3 Lower tier upper secondary 4 Upper tier upper secondary 5 Advanced vocational 6 Lower tertiary 7 Higher tertiary 55 Other | v243_EISCED 0 No formal education 1 Primary 2 Lower secondary 3 Lower tier upper secondary 4 Upper tier upper secondary 5 Advanced vocational 6 Bachelor’s level 7 Master’s and higher 6666 Other | edu 1 Lower secondary and below (1–3 ESS; 0–3 EVS) 2 Upper secondary/non-tertiary (4–5) 3 Tertiary (6–7) (Other recoded to “no answer”) |
Paid work | Pdwrkn (paid work, last 7 days) 0 Marked 1 Marked | v244 (paid employment) 1 30 h a week or more 2 Less than 30 h a week 3 Self-employed 4 Military service 5 Retired 6 Homemaker 7 Student 8 Unemployed 9 Disabled 10 Other | hpaidwrk 0 Not in paid work 1 In paid work (1–3) |
Individual religiosity | C15 0–Not at all religious 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10–Very religious | Q17 1–A religious person 2–Not a religious person 3–A convinced atheist | jreligious EVS: 0–Not religious/atheist (Categories #2 and #3) 1–Religious ESS: 0 (Not at all religious)–10 (Very religious) |