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Spouse labor force status

Source: R/gss_vars_04.R
spwrksta.Rd

spwrksta

Source

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

Details

Question Last week was your (wife/husband) working full time, part time, going to school, keeping house, or what?

Values

  • [1] working full time

  • [2] working part time

  • [3] with a job, but not at work because of temporary illness, vacation, strike

  • [4] unemployed, laid off, looking for work

  • [5] retired

  • [6] in school

  • [7] keeping house

  • [8] other

  • [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 spwrksta.

Counts by year:

yearworking full timeworking part timewith a job, but not at work because of temporary illness, vacation, strikeunemployed, laid off, looking for workretiredin schoolkeeping houseotheriapno answerskipped on webdon't knowTotal
1972569911517689368214532--1613
197358071218611230320428---1504
197456570181971630412419---1484
197551381222774726315488---1490
1976482751921911125916525---1499
19775037322178910250105551--1530
1978505832617788224195711--1532
1980468752618929188115792--1468
1982532811623937217238671--1860
198350586203991919916634---1599
198446561221884716476441--1473
1985454811817991417513663---1534
19864298619111215142126441--1470
198752786161610110142149034--1819
1988409701415128713676932--1481
19894747020161177126146903--1537
1990391651613931212686453--1372
1991436681515126812016713---1517
19934848318211126120127473--1606
19948671552633208202112114501--2992
19968411452213146141822415134--2904
19988131292315176181383214862--2832
20007641221513149161642815388--2817
20027041423033164131592214962--2765
200484013335341941917835133311--2812
2006123718725283112529360233410--4510
2008533100241415081122710469--2023
2010438911731145211113011528--2044
2012487831821129171271610742--1974
20146101182427197121472213765--2538
20166589623232221114624165410--2867
2018552902319161101221613487--2348
202195315238805111418463202728-4032
20227411352827330161562420746433544
20246561082629355131353119462443309
Total209853442760788533741163917413670811316775699

See also

Other Core: coevwork, cohrs1, cowrkslf, cowrksta, divorce, spevwork, sphrs1, sphrs2, widowed

Other Labor Force Status: spevwork, sphrs1, sphrs2