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Source

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

Details

Question 2a. What kind of work do you (did you normally) do? That is, what (is/was)your job called? b. What (do/did) you actually do in that job? Tell me, what (are/were) some of your main duties?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year121415161718192022232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152545556575860616263676869717274767882dk, na, iap2153656670not available in this yearTotal
197212115184162183220913530188461723933343131201713244074242212396638541693256521114445162621236343191166------1613
1973983224037153233143322822855727822833101041742242541118153382376199314932915127142420544272512117211----1504
1974886164541928281632733211061628773011511618723455613155407437611676186561864621124262-1338-5122133-1----1484
197589718274118411922-502922212612256931589952482539502420635733367109420524615735202014411319-34-141--1---1490
19768571339561529236449342692814286830681597245273868141515377040549831272711111329192625938-47214711-3--1499
1977512716504127322721133303119332130854062121002972449401116113176323888614654101844320212854144531102114----2-1530
1978106121230442240192023834211242822663769117719534434620101731875266148514103412132522722174384112364128------1532
198011712132311140201534038191433101254285115100187303652201317357241611210634875202143812181751515-87311921-1--1468
198240124136379293148222394523143815309944671619133622414719217477339551498241453179257182724-143711171137-1-1--1860
1983459153221153626242473928133711394625611610122918377312993910647731312925131552034130242255919449210613-22-1599
19841681513582713291526140342093715434823651710020229364715138346234521011728914823132292323541026-5659411-11-1473
19852369134032144222241303014823102157415211107244322851171415497528612313427866131953529241412796126912681---21-1534
19865791130191031242313226193371341552872128921635435116810406437567145286551014234193416266581515610211--3-1470
19871023522593510225535555362118121547673566181422454147572621114170375112190281334113833426302066104827115103-1----1819
198822713642234242323343292472694057268211992743835351817113462295213128336322023439202687612482610687-1-11-1481
19891686143625823261922224151621113666266413126321432324417158267033481514036956132123835321649931321620396------1537
19909512133520152419171282517529727802655511120237262917181830633844711621149614272391128101211991819472-1-31-1372
1991---------------------------------------------------------------15171517
1993---------------------------------------------------------------16061606
1994---------------------------------------------------------------29922992
1996---------------------------------------------------------------29042904
1998---------------------------------------------------------------28322832
2000---------------------------------------------------------------28172817
2002---------------------------------------------------------------27652765
2004---------------------------------------------------------------28122812
2006---------------------------------------------------------------45104510
2008---------------------------------------------------------------20232023
2010---------------------------------------------------------------20442044
2012---------------------------------------------------------------19741974
2014---------------------------------------------------------------25382538
2016---------------------------------------------------------------28672867
2018---------------------------------------------------------------23482348
2021---------------------------------------------------------------40324032
2022---------------------------------------------------------------35443544
2024---------------------------------------------------------------33093309
Total21614713025669963425353644733635640544361194584201519116953197920918753891084936578742942651956211245632954208191340114970752083075168334642232271671525813729101176531998713114114943475699

Values

  • 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