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pajob

Source

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

Details

Question Here is a list of different types of jobs. Which type did your father have when you were 16. (If your father did not have a job then, please give the job he used to have.)

Values

  • [1] prof or tech

  • [2] higher admin

  • [3] clerical

  • [4] sales

  • [5] service

  • [6] skilled worker

  • [7] semi-skilled worker

  • [8] unskilled worker

  • [9] farm

  • [10] 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

ballotsyears
-1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapprof or techhigher adminclericalsalesserviceskilled workersemi-skilled workerunskilled workerfarmnot available in this yearTotal
1987443154535011977282204175262-1819
Total44315453501197728220417526201819

See also

Other ISSP Social Inequality: conage, firstjob, firstslf, lastjob, lastslf, occmobil, paslf, rewrdeff, rewrdint

Other Occupation: firstjob, firstslf, lastjob, lastslf, occmobil, paslf