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wrkslf

Source

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

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] 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 wrkslf.

Counts by year:

yearself-employedsomeone elseiapno answerdon't knowskipped on webTotal
197214912991623--1613
1973148119914710--1504
197411612381282--1484
197514312051348--1490
197613712151452--1499
19771311286113---1530
197814012641271--1532
198016811741197--1468
198218615451227--1860
198316813201047--1599
19841701210885--1473
1985193126081---1534
19861871183100---1470
19871871531956--1819
19881631227856--1481
198917112489325--1537
19901501149712--1372
19911571258975--1517
19931871331799--1606
1994339250812619--2992
1996365238710745--2904
1998323233213542--2832
2000307233112554--2817
200230723629123-2765
2004343235311312-2812
20065083799187133-4510
20082261732623--2023
201023417069842-2044
201219417007811-1974
201429521459242-2538
201629624729054-2867
201823220297773-2348
202143234937952214032
2022393301311373153544
2024362282310562113309
Total8207633273768323274775699

See also

Other Core: evwork, hrs1, hrs2, id(), occ, prestige, wrkgovt, wrkstat, year()

Other Occupation: occ, prestige, wrkgovt

Other Work: hrs1, hrs2