Partner self-emp. or works for somebody else

cowrkslf

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question A. What kind of work (does/did) your (PARTNER) normally do? That is, what (is/was) (his/her) job called? OCCUPATION: (See REMARKS) B. What (does/did) (PARTNER) actually do in that job? Tell me, what (are/were) some of (his/her) main duties? C. What kind of place (does/did) (PARTNER) work for? INDUSTRY: (See REMARKS) D. What (do/did) they (make/do)? E. (Is/Was) (he/she) self-employed or (does/did) (he/she) work for someone else?

Values

[1] self-employed
[2] someone else
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for cowrkslf.

Counts by year:

year	iap	self-employed	someone else	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
2012	1815	11	144	2	2	-	1974
2014	2341	25	167	2	3	-	2538
2016	2622	27	214	1	3	-	2867
2018	2127	21	198	-	2	-	2348
2021	3675	41	303	1	8	4	4032
2022	3248	24	263	4	3	2	3544
2024	3055	22	223	6	2	1	3309
Total	18883	171	1512	16	23	7	20612