Govt or private employee

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Source

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

Details

Question 2f. (Are/were) you employed by the federal, state, or local government or by a private employer (including non-profit organizations)?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	government	private	no answer	don't know	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	81	263	1190	-	-	-	1534
1986	100	238	1131	1	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	125	415	2263	14	-	-	2817
2002	91	454	2187	16	17	-	2765
2004	113	504	2170	9	16	-	2812
2006	187	810	3447	26	40	-	4510
2008	62	343	1572	17	29	-	2023
2010	98	369	1538	10	29	-	2044
2012	75	371	1486	16	26	-	1974
2014	92	468	1939	11	28	-	2538
2016	90	585	2122	16	54	-	2867
2018	77	449	1765	12	45	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	40335	5269	22810	148	284	6853	75699

Values

• 1 government

• 2 private

• 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