wrkslf
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
| 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 wrkslf.
Counts by year:
| year | self-employed | someone else | iap | no answer | don't know | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 149 | 1299 | 162 | 3 | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 148 | 1199 | 147 | 10 | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 116 | 1238 | 128 | 2 | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 143 | 1205 | 134 | 8 | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 137 | 1215 | 145 | 2 | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 131 | 1286 | 113 | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 140 | 1264 | 127 | 1 | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 168 | 1174 | 119 | 7 | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 186 | 1545 | 122 | 7 | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 168 | 1320 | 104 | 7 | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 170 | 1210 | 88 | 5 | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 193 | 1260 | 81 | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 187 | 1183 | 100 | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 187 | 1531 | 95 | 6 | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 163 | 1227 | 85 | 6 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 171 | 1248 | 93 | 25 | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 150 | 1149 | 71 | 2 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 157 | 1258 | 97 | 5 | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 187 | 1331 | 79 | 9 | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 339 | 2508 | 126 | 19 | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 365 | 2387 | 107 | 45 | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 323 | 2332 | 135 | 42 | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 307 | 2331 | 125 | 54 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 307 | 2362 | 91 | 2 | 3 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 343 | 2353 | 113 | 1 | 2 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 508 | 3799 | 187 | 13 | 3 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 226 | 1732 | 62 | 3 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 234 | 1706 | 98 | 4 | 2 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 194 | 1700 | 78 | 1 | 1 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 295 | 2145 | 92 | 4 | 2 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 296 | 2472 | 90 | 5 | 4 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 232 | 2029 | 77 | 7 | 3 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 432 | 3493 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 393 | 3013 | 113 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 362 | 2823 | 105 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 3309 |
| Total | 8207 | 63327 | 3768 | 323 | 27 | 47 | 75699 |