Father (or oldest same-sex parent) self-emp. or worked for somebody
Source:R/gss_vars_07.R
pawrkslf.Rdpawrkslf
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Question A. What kind of work did your father (FATHER SUBSTITUTE) normally do while you were growing up? That is, what was his job called? B. What did he actually do in that job? Tell me, what were some of his main duties? C. What kind of place did he work for? D. What did they (make/do)? E. Was he self-employed or did he 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
| ballots | years |
| A/B/C | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| Full | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for pawrkslf.
Counts by year:
| year | self-employed | someone else | don't know | iap | no answer | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 505 | 859 | 10 | 235 | 4 | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 494 | 850 | 2 | 152 | 6 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 436 | 855 | 5 | 182 | 6 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 452 | 863 | 3 | 151 | 21 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 424 | 872 | - | 187 | 16 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 463 | 859 | 2 | 202 | 4 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 419 | 899 | - | 212 | 2 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 408 | 818 | 1 | 230 | 11 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 476 | 1059 | 10 | 298 | 17 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 423 | 952 | 5 | 207 | 12 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 420 | 831 | 5 | 214 | 3 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 445 | 890 | 3 | 195 | 1 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 383 | 851 | 2 | 224 | 10 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 439 | 1068 | 2 | 292 | 18 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 399 | 862 | 3 | 207 | 10 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 393 | 884 | 3 | 225 | 32 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 332 | 795 | 5 | 217 | 23 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 364 | 877 | 9 | 220 | 47 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 412 | 945 | 5 | 207 | 37 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 695 | 1754 | 4 | 508 | 31 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 643 | 1705 | 14 | 502 | 40 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 630 | 1654 | 10 | 503 | 35 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 611 | 1645 | 8 | 518 | 35 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 586 | 1618 | 13 | 526 | 22 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 561 | 1698 | 15 | 514 | 24 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 641 | 1789 | 11 | 2049 | 20 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 397 | 1247 | 20 | 354 | 5 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 408 | 1256 | 17 | 354 | 9 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 413 | 1205 | 15 | 333 | 8 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 532 | 1512 | 26 | 459 | 9 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 538 | 1750 | 18 | 548 | 13 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 443 | 1418 | 19 | 464 | 4 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 810 | 2539 | - | 675 | 8 | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 617 | 2197 | - | 727 | 3 | - | 3544 |
| 2024 | 512 | 1947 | 33 | 801 | 12 | 4 | 3309 |
| Total | 17124 | 43823 | 298 | 13892 | 558 | 4 | 75699 |