I. Documentation
    A. Introduction
    B. Organization of the Codebook
    C. Study Design and implementation in each country
         1. Bulgaria
         2. Czech Republic
         3. Hungary
         4. Poland
         5. Russia
         6. Slovakia
    D. Technical information pertaining to all countries
    E. Instructions to interviewers
    F. Specifications regarding country-specific variables
    G. Specifications for analyzing fully comparable data for all countries
         1. Sample restrictions I.55
         2. Weights I.56
    H. Variables listed in their order in the files I.57
     I. Alphabetical list of variable names I.71

II. Variables coded directly from the questionnaire
     Cover sheet information II.1
     A. Household composition/other children II.5
     B. Getting ahead II.9
     C. Education history II.10
     D. Activity history II.14
     E. Self-employment II.18
     F. Political difficulties II.20
     G. Part-time economic activity II.23
     H. Household chores II.28
      I. Income II.29
      J. Father II.35
     K. Parents' property II.38
      L. Paternal grandfather II.42
     M. Mother II.46
     N. Maternal grandfather II.50
     O. Spouse II.54
      P. Property of respondent II.57
     Q. Residential history II.62
     R. Housing situation II.64
     S. Material consumption II.70
     T. Life style II.71
     U. Political participation II.77
     V. Ancestry and religion II.92
    W. Conclusion II.98

III. Constructed variables
      Weights III.1
      Country (simplified) III.2
      Size of place of interview III.2
      Household composition III.3
      Highest level of education, except respondent (expanded CASMIN categories) III.4
      Years of schooling, except respondent III.5
      Recoded education variables for respondent III.5
      Occupation recodes III.6
      Respondent's recent activity history III.8
      1992 job characteristics (for income analysis) III.12
       Income III.12
       Languages spoken III.15
       Communist Party history III.16
       Religion III.17
       Class (modification of EGP to consolidate self-employment) III.18

IV. Country-specific variables
      A. Bulgaria IV.1
      B. Czech Republic and Slovakia IV.2
      C. Hungary IV.11
      D. Poland IV.13
      E. Russia IV.14

V. Appendices
     A. Show Cards and other response categories used for many variables A.1
     B. Country-specific education codes
         1. Highest level of education completed B.1
         2. Kind of school B.3
     C. Occupational classifications
          International Standard Classification of Occupations, 1988 [ISCO-88], expanded to include detailed categories for
          administrative positions during the Communist and non-Communist eras, and also to allow for certain common           categories not included in the standard ISCO-88 classification. EGP, EGP-six, ISEI, and Prestige scores.
          1. EGP 10-category classification C.1
          2. EGP 6-category classification C.2
          3. Numerical list of enhanced four-digit ISCO categories, with EGP EGP-six, ISEI, and Prestige scores C.2
          4. Rationale for including specific additional categories in ISCO C.13
     D. SPSS "include files" used to create variables in Part III.
     E. Country-specific codes for tertiary institutions
     F. Country-specific geographical codes
     G. Questionnaires

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