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Mother (or youngest same-sex parent) self-emp. or worked for somebody

Source: R/gss_vars_08.R
mawrkslf.Rd

mawrkslf

Source

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

Details

Question A. What kind of work did your (mother/MOTHER SUBSTITUTE) usually do while you were growing up? That is, what was her job called? OCCUPATION: (See REMARKS) B. IF NOT ALREADY ANSWERED, ASK: What did she actually do in that job? Tell me, what were some of her main duties? C. What kind of place did she work for? INDUSTRY: (See REMARKS) D. IF NOT ALREADY ANSWERED, ASK: What did they (make/do)? E. IF ALREADY ANSWERED, CODE WITHOUT ASKING: Was she self-employed, or did 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

ballotsyears
A/B/C1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapself-employedsomeone elsedon't knowno answerskipped on webTotal
199412972111445138-2992
199611242051531143-2904
199811821741447227-2832
200011502141424623-2817
200211031811465-16-2765
20041076203152652-2812
200626372061635230-4510
2008710140116652-2023
201066316612123--2044
2012602159121021-1974
201484819014964--2538
2016819225181355-2867
2018672171150032-2348
202112332872510-2-4032
20229662612316-1-3544
2024991219206525273309
Total1707332122576164194746311

See also

Other Core: maind80, maocc10, maocc80, mapres80, paind10, paindstatus, paindtag, papres10, papres105plus

Other Occupation: maind80, maocc10, maocc80, mapres80, paind10