5 items
Education, employment, occupation and income position. Education follows ISCED 2011 and occupation follows ISCO-08 major groups, so results map onto official statistics rather than ad-hoc categories. Income is asked relative to the country average to avoid currency and cost-of-living problems.
Source
Education categories: UNESCO ISCED 2011. Occupation categories: ILO ISCO-08 major groups (1-digit). The final item is the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status (the 'ladder'), which is a validated measure in its own right — hence the citation.
Citation
Adler, N. E., Epel, E. S., Castellazzo, G., & Ickovics, J. R. (2000). Relationship of subjective and objective social status with psychological and physiological functioning in healthy white women. Health Psychology, 19(6), 586–592.
doi:10.1037/0278-6133.19.6.586License: ISCED/ISCO categories are public standards. MacArthur ladder is free for research use.
MacArthur Ladder
Imagine a ladder representing where people stand in your country. At the top (10) are the people who are best off — most money, most education, best jobs. At the bottom (1) are those who are worst off. Where would you place yourself?
1–10 · "Worst off" → "Best off"
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
No formal education · Primary education (ISCED 1) · Lower secondary education (ISCED 2) · Upper secondary education (ISCED 3) · Post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED 4) · Short-cycle tertiary education (ISCED 5) · Bachelor's degree or equivalent (ISCED 6) · Master's degree or equivalent (ISCED 7) · Doctoral degree or equivalent (ISCED 8) · Prefer not to say
What is your current employment status?
Employed full-time · Employed part-time · Self-employed · Student · Unemployed and seeking work · Not in the labour force · Retired · Unable to work · Prefer not to say
Which category best describes your current or most recent occupation?
Managers · Professionals · Technicians and associate professionals · Clerical support workers · Service and sales workers · Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers · Craft and related trades workers · Plant and machine operators, and assemblers · Elementary occupations · Armed forces occupations · Never been employed · Prefer not to say
Compared with the average household in your country, how would you describe your household income?
Much below average · Somewhat below average · About average · Somewhat above average · Much above average · Prefer not to say
Use this module in your own ESM/EMA study — drop it into a survey within SMAAT.