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prestige

Source

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

Details

Question A. What kind of work do you (did you normally) do? That is, what (is/was) your job called? OCCUPATION: (See REMARKS) B. What (do/did) you actually do in that job? Tell me, what (are/were) some of your main duties? C. What kind of place (do/did) you work for? INDUSTRY: (See REMARKS) D. What (do/did) they (make/do)? E. (Are/Were) you self employed or (do/did) you work for someone else? F. (Are/Were) you employed by the federal, state or local government or by a private employer (including non-profit organizations)? G. About how much time (does/did) it usually take you to travel to work - about how many minutes?

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

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
A/B/C1988, 1989, 1990
Full1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

Overview

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

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
Total2161471302566996342535364473363564054436119458420151911695319792091875389108493657874294265195621124563295420819134011497075208307516833464223227167152581372910117653199871311411026265

See also

Other Core: evwork, hrs1, hrs2, id(), occ, wrkgovt, wrkslf, wrkstat, year()

Other Occupation: occ, wrkgovt, wrkslf