wrkgovt
Details
Question A. What kind of work do you (did you normally) do? That is, what (is/was) your job called? OCCUPATION: (See REMARKS) B. What (do/did) you actually do in that job? Tell me, what (are/were) some of your main duties? C. What kind of place (do/did) you work for? INDUSTRY: (See REMARKS) D. What (do/did) they (make/do)? E. (Are/Were) you self employed or (do/did) you work for someone else? F. (Are/Were) you employed by the federal, state or local government or by a private employer (including non-profit organizations)? G. About how much time (does/did) it usually take you to travel to work - about how many minutes?
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
Question Years and Ballots
| ballots | years |
| A/B/C/- | 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| A/B/C/D | 2006 |
| Full | 1985, 1986 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for wrkgovt.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | government | private | no answer | don't know | not available in this year | Total |
| 1985 | 81 | 263 | 1190 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 100 | 238 | 1131 | 1 | - | - | 1470 |
| 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 |
| Total | 1191 | 5269 | 22810 | 148 | 284 | 0 | 29702 |