Was r's starting pay higher/lower/same as earning in previous job

pastpay

Source

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

Details

Question When you went to work for your current employer, was your starting pay higher, lower or about the same as what you were earning in your previous (full time) job?

Values

1 higher
2 about the same
3 lower
4 current employer is first 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

year	ballots	availability
2008	A/B/C	full

Link at the GSS

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