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sphedslf

Source

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

Details

Question A. Now we would like to find out what kind of work your (husband's/wife's) father (OR SUBSTITUTE) did when your (husband/wife) was about 16 years old. What kind of work was your (husband's/wife's) father (OR SUBSTITUTE) doing? That is, what was (his/her) job called? B. IF NOT ALREADY ANSWERED, ASK: What did (he/she) actually do in that job? Tell me what were some of (his/her) main duties? C. What kind of place did (he/she) work for? D. IF NOT ALREADY ANSWERED, ASK: What did they (make/do)? E. IF ALREADY ANSWERED, CODE WITHOUT ASKING: Was (he/she) self-employed or did (he/she) 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

ballotsyears
A/B/C1994

Overview

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

Counts by year:

yeariapself employedsomeone elsedon't knowno answernot available in this yearTotal
199422311914653867-2992
Total2231191465386702992