Status of job higher than father's?

occmobil

Source

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

Details

Question Please think of your present job (or your last one if you don't have one now). If you compare this job with the job your father had when you were 16, would you say that the level or status of your job is (or was) . . .

Values

[1] much higher than dad
[2] higher
[3] about equal
[4] lower
[5] much lower than dad
[6] r never had job
[7] no dad-never had job
[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	2000
Full	1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	much higher than dad	higher	about equal	lower	much lower than dad	r never had job	no dad-never had job	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1987	255	311	404	335	208	109	43	84	70	-	1819
2000	1545	215	302	282	183	100	12	48	130	-	2817
Total	1800	526	706	617	391	209	55	132	200	0	4636