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.
Notes on contributors
Preface
1. Introduction, Robert G. Burgess
2. Age, Janet Finch
3. Gender, D.H.J. Morgan
4. Race and Ethnicity, Martin Bulmer
5. Health and Illness, Sally Macintyre
6. Education, Robert G. Burgess
7. Social Class and Occupation, Catherine Marsh
8. Work, Employment and Unemployment, Kate Purcell
9. Leisure, Stanley Parker
10. Politics, David Jay
11. Voluntary Associations, C.G. Pickvance
12. Do Concepts, Variables and Indicators Interrelate?, Martin Bulmer and Robert G. Burgess
Name Index
Subject Index
Biography
Robert Burgess