spwrkslf
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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
| ballots | years |
| 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/D | 2006 |
| 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 spwrkslf.
Counts by year:
| year | self-employed | someone else | iap | no answer | don't know | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 120 | 905 | 580 | 8 | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 119 | 844 | 537 | 4 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 109 | 851 | 524 | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 104 | 807 | 572 | 7 | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 101 | 780 | 613 | 5 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 100 | 790 | 639 | 1 | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 118 | 758 | 654 | 2 | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 96 | 729 | 640 | 3 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 106 | 810 | 940 | 4 | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 128 | 765 | 705 | 1 | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 111 | 673 | 687 | 2 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 126 | 699 | 709 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 116 | 652 | 700 | 2 | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 124 | 737 | 950 | 8 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 103 | 630 | 742 | 4 | 2 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 122 | 660 | 735 | 18 | 2 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 95 | 582 | 684 | 9 | 2 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 91 | 670 | 748 | 7 | 1 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 122 | 693 | 781 | 9 | 1 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 191 | 1274 | 1521 | 6 | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 205 | 1115 | 1563 | 20 | 1 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 188 | 1092 | 1527 | 24 | 1 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 153 | 1032 | 1608 | 23 | 1 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 172 | 1042 | 1547 | 3 | 1 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 211 | 1182 | 1406 | 12 | 1 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 236 | 1788 | 2465 | 16 | 5 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 118 | 818 | 1077 | 10 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 97 | 751 | 1187 | 7 | 2 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 105 | 743 | 1121 | 2 | 3 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 130 | 968 | 1434 | 6 | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 149 | 1015 | 1692 | 11 | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 114 | 845 | 1378 | 11 | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 230 | 1674 | 2111 | 2 | - | 15 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 184 | 1213 | 2124 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 175 | 1101 | 2010 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3309 |
| Total | 4769 | 31688 | 38911 | 264 | 37 | 30 | 75699 |