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Source

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

Details

Question There are many ways people hear about jobs - from other people, from advertisements or employment agencies, and so on. Please indicate how you first found out about work at your present employer. IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY WORKING FOR PAY, PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR YOUR LAST JOB.

Values

  • [1] i have never worked for pay

  • [2] from parents, brothers or sisters

  • [3] from other relatives

  • [4] from a close friend

  • [5] from an acquaintance

  • [6] from a public employment agency or service

  • [7] from a private employment agency

  • [8] from a school or university placement office

  • [9] from an advertisement or a sign

  • [10] the employer contacted me about a job

  • [11] i just called them or went there to ask for work

  • [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

ballotsyears
A/B/C2002

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapi have never worked for payfrom parents, brothers or sistersfrom other relativesfrom a close friendfrom an acquaintancefrom a public employment agency or servicefrom a private employment agencyfrom a school or university placement officefrom an advertisement or a signthe employer contacted me about a jobi just called them or went there to ask for workdon't knowno answernot available in this yearTotal
200216161858562181456224551771031792925-2765
Total1616185856218145622455177103179292502765

See also

Other ISSP Social Networks & Support Systems: firstyou, frdenjoy, frdhelps, frdknows, frdthink, helpjob, kidpars, lentto, talkedto