World Values Survey 1997, Wave 3
Germany, 1997
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Subjective social class position (V226)
Data file: WV3_Data_Germany_West_1997_Spss_v20180912
Overview
Valid:
920
Invalid:
97
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
5
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
527
End:
528
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 5
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
V226. People sometimes describe themselves as belonging to the working class, the middle class, or the upper or lower class. Would you describe yourself as belonging to the:
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper class | 17 |
1.8%
|
| 2 | Upper middle | 358 |
38.9%
|
| 3 | Lower middle | 363 |
39.5%
|
| 4 | Working class | 168 |
18.3%
|
| 5 | Lower class | 14 |
1.5%
|
| -4 | Not asked | 0 | |
| -2 | NA | 0 | |
| -1 | DK | 97 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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