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The ISMF itself is currently not available for distribution: researchers should acquire the source data at the respective data-archives and generate their own harmonized extract file. However, we do distribute some important tools for harmonization efforts, in particular maps to recode occupation and education categories into internationally and historically comparable metrics.

Researchers are free to use and adapt these tools for these purposes, but are asked to cite these tools using the following citation:

Ganzeboom, Harry B.G.; Treiman, Donald J., “International Stratification and Mobility File: Conversion Tools” http://www.fsw.vu.nl/~h.ganzeboom/ismf. [Date of last revision].

All modules are formatted as SPSS syntax files, and should open in SPSS on any computer that has this widely distributed statistical software package installed. Otherwise, they can be read as straight ASCII (.txt) files.