TY - BOOK AU - Bulmer,Martin TI - Social measurement through social surveys: an applied approach SN - 9780754674870 (hbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 302.015195 PY - 2010/// CY - Farnham, Surrey, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate Pub. KW - Social surveys KW - Sociology KW - Statistical methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction / Martin Bulmer, Julie Gibbs and Laura Hyman -- 2. Measuring family and household variables / John Haskey -- 3. Measuring crime / Ian Brunton-Smith and Jonathan Allen -- 4. Measuring political behaviour and attitudes / Oliver Heath and Robert Johns -- 5. Measuring religious behaviour / Peter Brierley -- 6. Measuring social class / Eric Harrison -- 7. Measuring race and ethnicity / Martin Bulmer -- 8. Measuring sexual behaviour / Catherine H. Mercer, Sally McMamus and Bob Erens -- 9. Measuring health / Nicola Shelton and Jennifer Mindell -- 10. Measuring social capital : formal and informal activism, its socio-demographic determinants and socio-political impacts / Yaojun Li -- 11. Measuring social attitudes / Caroline Roberts -- 12. Challenges for social measurement / Martin Bulmer ER -