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spwrkslf

Source

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

Details

Question A. What kind of work (does/did) your (SPOUSE) normally do? That is, what (is/was) (his/her) job called? OCCUPATION: (See REMARKS) B. What (does/did) (SPOUSE) actually do in that job? Tell me, what (are/were) some of (his/her) main duties? C. What kind of place (does/did) (SPOUSE) work for? INDUSTRY: (See REMARKS) D. What (do/did) they (make/do)? E. (Is/Was) (he/she) self-employed or (does/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/C/-1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
A/B/C/D2006
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 spwrkslf.

Counts by year:

yearself-employedsomeone elseiapno answerdon't knowskipped on webTotal
19721209055808--1613
19731198445374--1504
1974109851524---1484
19751048075727--1490
19761017806135--1499
19771007906391--1530
19781187586542--1532
1980967296403--1468
19821068109404--1860
19831287657051--1599
19841116736872--1473
1985126699709---1534
19861166527002--1470
19871247379508--1819
198810363074242-1481
1989122660735182-1537
19909558268492-1372
19919167074871-1517
199312269378191-1606
1994191127415216--2992
199620511151563201-2904
199818810921527241-2832
200015310321608231-2817
20021721042154731-2765
200421111821406121-2812
200623617882465165-4510
2008118818107710--2023
201097751118772-2044
2012105743112123-1974
201413096814346--2538
20161491015169211--2867
2018114845137811--2348
2021230167421112-154032
20221841213212412473544
20241751101201051083309
Total47693168838911264373075699

See also